Quercus auricoma A.Camus

Vietnam; to 1400 m;

3 m tall;

5.5-7 x 2-2.7 cm; subelliptic; apex rounded; base attenuate; margin entire slightly recurvate; young leaves densely covered on both faces with golden velutinous tomentum; mature leaves green and glabrous adaxially; glaucous beneath, with often golden hairs near base and on midrib; 6-8 pairs of secondary veins nearly flat above, prominent beneath, at an angle of 45° with midrib ; petiole 0.7-1 cm long, golden tomentose, then glabrescent;

male catkin golden tomentose on all parts; female catkin 1-1.5 cm, wiht one flower; 4 elongated styles;

acorn ovoid, mucronate, solitary; 1/2 enclosed by bowl-shaped cupule, 1-1.2 cm in diameter, outside golden tomentose, with 6 undulate rings; 1.5 cm long peduncle;

not hardy;

– A. Camus : tome 1, p. 237, n° 26; – Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cyclobalanopsis; – Section Semiserrata, sub-section Semiserratae ( Menitsky ). – Resembles Q.litseoides Dunn ; – For Menitsky (1974), this taxon is possibly only a shrubby form of Q. cambodiensis (see : Q.langbianensis) , common in the range…