Cyclobalanopsis
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Cyclobalanopsis is a genus of about 150 species of flowering plants in the family Fagaceae, native to eastern and southeastern Asia. The genus is closely related to Quercus and included in it as a subgenus by many botanists; however, the Flora of China treats it as a distinct genus. The species share the same common name oak with Quercus.
They are evergreen trees growing 10-30 m tall. They are distinct from Quercus oaks in that they have acorns with distinctive cups bearing concrescent rings of scales; they commonly also have densely clustered acorns, though this does not apply to all of the species.
- Selected species
- Cyclobalanopsis acuta - Japanese Evergreen Oak. Eastern Asia.
- Cyclobalanopsis glauca - Ring-cupped Oak. Southeastern Asia.
- Cyclobalanopsis kerrii - Kerr's Oak. Southeastern Asia.
- Cyclobalanopsis lamellosa - Himalaya.
- Cyclobalanopsis lineata - Southeastern Asia.
- Cyclobalanopsis myrsinifolia - Bamboo-leaf Oak. Eastern Asia.
- Cyclobalanopsis oxyodon - Assam, Myanmar.
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