Quercus phillyreoides

Quercus phillyreoides is a species of flowering plant in the genus Quercus, placed in subgenus Cerris and section Ilex.^[2][3] 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.^[4]

Quercus phillyreoides
Conservation status
Least Concern  (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. Ilex
Species:	Q. phillyreoides
Binomial name
Quercus phillyreoides A.Gray
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.^[5] It has found use as a street tree in a number of European cities.^[6]

References

1. Wenzell, K.; Kenny, L. (2020). "Quercus sadleriana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
2. Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017). "Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks" (xls). figshare. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
3. Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017), "An Updated Infrageneric Classification of the Oaks: Review of Previous Taxonomic Schemes and Synthesis of Evolutionary Patterns", in Gil-Pelegrín, Eustaquio; Peguero-Pina, José Javier & Sancho-Knapik, Domingo (eds.), Oaks Physiological Ecology. Exploring the Functional Diversity of Genus Quercus L., Cham.: Springer International Publishing, pp. 13–38, ISBN 978-3-319-69099-5
4. "Quercus phillyreoides A.Gray". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
5. 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.
6. 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.