Quercus lineata Blume

Li, Qiansheng, Zhang, Jie & Coombes, Allen, 2016, Quercus lineata (Fagaceae): new distribution records from China and Vietnam and its leaf anatomical features, Phytotaxa 266 (3), pp. 226-230 : 229

Quercus lineata Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 523, 1826; A. Camus, 1: 207. 1036-1938. Menitsky, Oak of Asia, pp. 155. 1984.

— Cyclobalanopsis lineata (Blume) Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1866: 78 (1866).

— TYPE: Java, Blume s.n. (sheet no. 90131161) (holotype L! ; isotypes A! , K! , CA! , P !, BO ).

Specimens examined:—MALAYA. Pahang, Cameron Highlands, between Smoking House and Forest Dept . roadside, alt. 4700 ft, 26 Mar.1964, MOHD, KASIM bin RAJAB 607 ( K) ; Cameron Highlands , Road junction below Kedah lodge, alt. 4850 ft., 9 Nov. 1963, Poore, M.E.D. 1321 ( K) ; Cameron Highlands, Sungei Pauh valley , 4°29’N, 101°23’E, alt. 5000 ft., 4 Oct. 1963, Chew W.L. 804 ( K) ; Cameron Highlands , Bt. Kamunting Road ., alt. 5000 ft., 10 Oct. 1961, Burkill, H.M. 2858 ( K). Sabah, Borneo, Mesilau River , Kinabalu National Park , Ranau, 23 Jan. 1969, Aban & Nicholas (San no. 65217) ( L). Terengganu, Slopes of G. Lawit Besut , Terengganu, Mempening. Ridge top primary hill forest ; alt. 4500 ft., 28 April, 1968. Forest Research Insitute Kepong , Selangor, Kep Field No. FRI8230 ( K). INDONESIA. Java, “Donne par M le prof’, de Vbiese en, Octobre 1854, Herb. Diversorum Botanicorum”, Anonymous s.n. ( P06814151 ) ( P) ; Java: Donne par M. le Prof. Blume, 1853, Anonymous s.n. ( P06814152 ) ( P) ; Java, “Herb. Lugd. Batav.” Anonymous s.n. ( P06814153 ) ( P); Java, “Province, Preangen, Tingenseng, Koorders, S.H. 1900 ( P) ; Java, Semarang, Telomojo , Koorders, S.H. 1099 ( L) ; Java, Puntjak, Malabar , “Herb. Lugd. Batav.” Anonymous s.n. ( L0879376 ) ( L) ; Java, Priangan Geroet, G. Papandajan, 15 Jun 1924, Hoimga, P.K. 6658 ( L). VIETNAM. Ninh Binh Province: Cuc Phuong National park . 20°21.37’N; 105°36.62’E, 21 Sept. 2001, Cuong, N.M. 1482 ( F) ; Ninh Binh Province, Cuc Phuong National park , southwest slope to Cloudy Silver Peak, 18 Sept. 1999, Nguyen Tien Hiep NTH3109 ( F). CHINA. Hainan: Changjiang county, Ba-Wang-Ling National Nature Reserve , “Er-Xian-Ling”, 19.0118N, 109.1161E, alt. 1040m, 20 June 2012, On the top of the limestone hills, very rare, 17 Nov. 2012, Deng, M. et al. 3775, 3776 ( CSH) .

Distribution, habitat and ecology:—South China (Hainan Island), central Vietnam (Ninh Binh Province), Malaysia (Malay Peninsula, Borneo), Indonesia (Sulawesi, Sumatra). In lower to middle upper montane forest, at 1000–2000 m altitude, on yellow sandy soil or limestone areas.

Phenology:—Flowering in April to May. Acorns mature in current year. Fruiting Sept. to early Nov..