Quercus albicaulis

Quercus albicaulis is a rare Chinese species of oak. It is a tree found only on the island of Hainan in southern China.

Quercus albicaulis
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct in the wild  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Subgenus:	Quercus subg. Cerris
Section:	Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis
Species:	Q. albicaulis
Binomial name
Quercus albicaulis Chun & W.C.Ko
Synonyms[2]
Cyclobalanopsis albicaulis (Chun & W.C.Ko) Y.C.Hsu & H.Wei Jen

Quercus albicaulis is a large tree up to 30 m tall with white twigs and leaves as much as 18 cm long.^[3]

It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.^[4]