Quercus cocciferoides Hand.-Mazz. 1925 Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 62: 128 1925.

South China (Yunnan, Sichuan), 1400-3000 m ;

15 m and more; often bushy; low-branched;

3-6 x 1-3 cm; semi-evergreen; subleathery, chartaceous; subelliptic or oblong-lanceolate to oblong; apex pointed or obtuse; base narrowly rounded or cuneate, often asymmetrically; margin apically 3/4 toothed; glabrous above except on midrib; glabrous abaxially except some fascicled hairs near base; young leaves pubescent; 6-10 vein pairs slightly raised on both sides; tertiary veins evident beneath; petiole briefly tomentose 5-8 mm;

from April to June; male catkin 4-5 cm long, hairy; female inflorescence 1 cm, 2-3 flowered; style almost null, stigmas very short, thick;

acorn subglobose, 1,2-1,3 cm across; mucronate, silky, stongly adherent to half-round cup; solitary on a very short peduncle; cup covering 1/2 or more of nut, with not appressed scales; ripen the first year;

hardy zone 8-9; prefers dry, calcareous soils and mountain slopes; also in dry valleys;

– A. Camus : tome 2, p. 16, n° 133; – Sub-genus Cerris, Section Ilex;