Quercus chevalieri

Quercus chevalieri is an uncommon species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in Vietnam and also in southern China, in the Provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan.^[2] It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.^[3]

Quercus chevalieri
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. chevalieri
Binomial name
Quercus chevalieri Hickel & A.Camus
Synonyms[1]
Cyclobalanopsis chevalieri (Hickel & A.Camus) Y.C.Hsu & H.Wei Jen

Quercus chevalieri is a tree up to 20 m. tall with leaves as much as 110 mm long. The acorn is ovoid to oblong-ellipsoid, 10-15 (sometimes 20) × 6-8 (sometimes 15) mm, glabrous; the scar is approx. 5 mm in diameter.^[2][4]

Some authors have misapplied this name to another plant, Cyclobalanopsis augustinii var. nigrinux (H.H. Hu) M. Deng & Z.K. Zhou.^[5]