Quercus gomeziana
An oak species in the Fagaceae native to Southeast Asia, including Vietnam and Bangladesh, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand (possibly Yunnan, China), growing in evergreen seasonal tropical forests with large acorns and cupules up to 50 mm, placed in subgenus Cerris and section Cyclobalanopsis (ring-cupped oaks), first described by A. Camus in 1931, with synonyms Cyclobalanopsis velutina and Quercus velutina and no known subspecies.
Common Names
Sôi Gomez
Summary
An accepted oak species in the Fagaceae family grows as a tree in evergreen seasonal tropical forests; native to southeastern Bangladesh to Thailand and possibly China (Yunnan), with records from Vietnam’s Lam Dong Province. It reaches 18–24 m tall and bears glossy, leathery leaves 10–15 × 2.5–5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate with margins entire and a few short teeth near the apex; petioles 1–1.5 cm. Acorns are 1.2–1.5 cm tall and about 2 cm in diameter, with a cupule covering roughly three-quarters of the nut and a cupule diameter of 3–4 cm; fruit maturation takes two years.
Synonyms include Cyclobalanopsis velutina Oerst.; Quercus velutina Lindl. ex Wall.; Quercus vestita Rehder & E.H.Wilson.
Lifecycle
Perennial
Height
59-79 ft
Foliage Color
Green
Leaf Lifecycle
Evergreen broadleaf
Growth Rate
Unknown
Taxonomy
- Taxonomic Rank
- Species
- Author
- A.Camus
- Publication
- Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. , sér. 2, 3: 338 (1931)
Superior Taxa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Subkingdom
- Pteridobiotina
- Phylum
- Angiosperms
- Order
- Fagales
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
- Subgenus
- Quercus subgen. Cerris
- Section
- Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis