Quercus bella

Quercus bella is an uncommon species of oak tree. It is native to Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Hainan provinces of southern China and to northern Vietnam.^[3][1] It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.^[4]

Quercus bella
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (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. bella
Binomial name
Quercus bella Chun & Tsiang (1947)[2]
Synonyms[2]
Cyclobalanopsis bella (Chun & Tsiang) Chun ex Y.C.Hsu & H.Wei Jen (1993)

Quercus bella is a tree up to 30 meters tall, with leaves as much as 15 cm long.^[3][5]

It grows in humid hill and mountain forests from 200 to 1,172 metres elevation.^[1]