Quercus tomentosinervis C.C.Huang

China (SE Guizhou, SE Yunnan); 2300 m;

reaches 20 m tall;

7-15 x 3-5 cm; oval to oblong-elliptic; leathery; apex caudate; base broadly cuneate or almost rounded; margin entire, sometimes weakly denticulate towards apex; shiny green, hairless above; grey brown tomentose beneath (essentially along veins); midrib impressed adaxially; 11-15 vein pairs; tertiary veins evident beneath; petiole sulcate above, 2-3.5 cm long;

pistillate inflorescences 5-7 cm long;

acorn 1.5-1.7 cm long, 1.3-1.5 cm in diameter; ovoid; hairless; cup half-round, 0.8 cm long, 1.3-1.5 cm wide, thin, pubescent outside, silky inside, enclosing 1/3 of nut, with 6-7 concentric rings (margin with small triangular teeth, except 2 apical rings entire); scar 5-8 mm, convex; stylopodium persistent; maturing in 1 year;

evergreen broad-leaved forests;

– Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cyclobalanopsis; – Threatened (IUCN Red List Category : CR)