Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fagaceae | Quercus
14. Quercus guyavifolia H. Léveillé; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 363. 1913.
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Quercus guyavifolia
Credit: Harvard University Herbaria
Quercus aquifolioides Rehder & E. H. Wilson var. rufescens (Franchet) Rehder & E. H. Wilson; Q. ilex Linnaeus var. rufescens Franchet; Q. pannosa Handel-Mazzetti; Q. pileata Hu & W. C. Cheng; Q. semecarpifolia Smith var. rufescens (Franchet) Schottky.
Shrubs or trees to 15 m tall; evergreen. Branchlets densely reddish to dark brown tomentose; glabrescent. Petiole (1-)2-4(-7) mm; brown tomentose; leaf blade oblong; elliptic; ovate; or obovate; 2-9 x 1.5-5 cm; abaxially with brown spongy glandular hairs and pale brown stellate hairs and not glabrescent; adaxially hairy along midvein; base rounded; margin entire or with spiniform teeth; apex obtuse to mucronate; secondary veins 5-12 on each side of midvein; tertiary veins often hidden by indumentum. Female inflorescences 2-6 cm. Cupule cuculliform to shallowly cupular; 0.6-1 x 1-3 cm; margin of rim expanded to wavily rugose at maturity; inside with a thick; pale grayish brown indumentum; bracts lanceolate to narrowly ovate; 1-2 mm; grayish brown tomentose from base to middle; apex reddish brown; obtuse; distinct from cupule wall; and glabrous. Nut ovoid to subglobose; 1.5-1.8 cm in diam.; glabrous; apex obtuse; scar ca. 5 mm in diam.; slightly raised; stylopodium ca. 2 mm in diam. Fl. May-Jul; fr. Sep-Nov of following year.
* Montane forests to subalpine scrub; 2500-4000 m. Guizhou; Sichuan; Yunn