Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fagaceae | Castanopsis
12. Castanopsis fordii Hance; J. Bot. 22: 230. 1884.
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Trees; bud scales; young shoots; petioles; leaf blades abaxially; and rachis of inflorescences densely covered with brown to reddish brown; slightly rough long tomentum. Petiole 1-3(-5) mm; usually tapering toward apex; leaf blade oblong; lanceolate; or oblanceolate-oblong; 9-18 x 3-7 cm; leathery; abaxially reddish brown when young but grayish brown to grayish with age; base cordate; shallowly auriculate; or rarely rounded; margin entire and revolute; apex acute; mucronate; or rarely rounded; midvein adaxially prominently impressed; secondary veins 14-18 on each side of midvein or fewer. Infructescences dense; 6-12 cm. Cupule 5-6 cm in diam.; splitting into 4(or 5) regular segments; wall 3-4 mm thick; bracts spinelike; entirely covering cupule; 1-2 cm; pubescent; base connate into many bundles. Nut 1 per cupule; ± conical; 1.2-1.5 x 1.5-2 cm; densely pubescent; scar covering ca. 1/3 of nut. Fl. Mar-Apr; fr. Sep-Oct of following year.
* Broad-leaved evergreen forests; below 1200 m. S Fujian; Guangdong; SE Guangxi; S Hunan; S Jiangxi; S Zhejiang
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fagaceae | Castanopsis
34. Castanopsis eyrei (Champion ex Bentham) Tutcher; J. Linn. Soc.; Bot. 37: 68. 1905.
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Quercus eyrei Champion ex Bentham; Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 114. 1854; Castanopsis asymetrica H. Léveillé; C. brachyacantha Hayata; C. caudata Franchet; C. chingii A. Camus; C. eyrei var. brachyacantha (Hayata) C. F. Shen; C. incana A. Camus; C. neocavaleriei A. Camus; Lithocarpus eyrei (Champion ex Bentham) Rehder; Pasania eyrei (Champion ex Bentham) Oersted; Q. castanopsis H. Léveillé; Q. cavaleriei H. Léveillé & Vaniot; Q. cepifera H. Léveillé; Q. trinervis H. Léveillé; Shiia brachyacantha (Hayata) Kudo & Masamune; Synaedrys brachyacantha (Hayata) Koidzumi.
Trees 8-20 m tall; branches glabrous. Petiole 0.7-1.5 cm or rarely longer; leaf blade lanceolate; ovate; ovate-elliptic; or oblong; 5-13 x 1.5-5.5 cm; leathery; abaxially reddish brown to dark reddish brown when dry and with brownish to silver-gray; membranous scalelike trichomes; base slightly decurrent on petiole and inaequilateral or sometimes symmetric; margin entire or with few shallow teeth from middle to apex; apex long acuminate; midvein at least from base to middle adaxially slightly raised; secondary veins 7-11 on each side of midvein; very slender; evident. Infructescence rachis 2-5 mm thick; glabrous or glabrescent. Cupule broadly ovoid to subglobose; 2-3 cm in diam.; splitting into 2-4 segments; outside and bracts grayish to yellowish gray puberulent; apically acute to obtuse; wall ca. 1 mm thick; bracts spinelike; usually entirely covering outside of cupule; more densely toward apex but if cupule subglobose then basally glabrous and spines sparser; 4-10 mm but apical ones shorter. Nut 1 per cupule; broadly conical; 0.8-1.4 cm in diam.; glabrous; scar basal; 8-10 mm in diam. Fl. Apr-Jun; fr. Sep-Nov of following year.
* Mixed and broad-leaved evergreen forests; 300-1700 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Qinghai; Sichuan; Taiwan; Xizang; Zhejiang