Quercus phillyreoides

Quercus phillyreoides is a species of flowering plant in the genus Quercus. It is evergreen, withstands frost and can be grown in hardiness zone 7. It is native to southern China, the Ryukyu Islands, and Japan, and has been introduced to Korea.[2]

Quercus phillyreoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species:
Q. phillyreoides
Binomial name
Quercus phillyreoides
Synonyms

Quercus wrightii Nakai
Quercus tinfanensis A.Camus
Quercus singuliflora (H.Lév.) A.Camus
Quercus pillyreoides A.Gray
Quercus phillyreoides f. wrightii
Quercus phillyreoides var. wrightii
Quercus phillyreoides var. subcrispa
Quercus phillyreoides var. sinensis
Quercus phillyreoides subsp. fokienensis
Quercus phillyreoides f. crispa
Quercus phillyreoides var. crispa
Quercus myricifolia Hu & W.C.Cheng
Quercus ilex var. phillyreoides
Quercus fooningensis Hu & W.C.Cheng
Quercus fokienensis Nakai

Uses

The Japanese use Quercus phillyreoides or ubame oak to produce binchōtan, a traditional variety of vegetal activated carbon.[3] It has found use as a street tree in a number of European cities.[4]

References
  1. Wenzell , K.; Kenny, L. (2020). "Quercus sadleriana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  2. "Quercus phillyreoides A.Gray". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. Guichard-Anguis, Sylvie (2011). "Walking through World Heritage Forest in Japan: the Kumano pilgrimage". Journal of Heritage Tourism. 6 (4): 285–295. doi:10.1080/1743873X.2011.620114. ISSN 1743-873X. S2CID 143584287.
  4. Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29 (11): 1907–1914. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. S2CID 225429443.


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