Fagus chienii

Fagus chienii is a species of beech tree native to northern Sichuan in China.^[1] It was first formally named by Chinese botanist Wan Chun Cheng in 1935.^[2]

Fagus chienii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Fagus
Species:	F. chienii
Binomial name
Fagus chienii W.C.Cheng[1]

Flora of China notes that the taxonomic status of Fagus chienii is uncertain, as it is only known from the place it was collected (type locality), and is similar to Fagus lucida. The two species are distinguished by the "longer, recurved cupule bracts" in F. chienii.^[3]