Biology:Lithocarpus formosanus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Lithocarpus |
| Species: | L. formosanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lithocarpus formosanus (Skan) Hayata
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Lithocarpus formosanus is a species of tree in the family Fagaceae. L. formosanus is a medium-sized tree with crooked trunk and many branches. It is endemic to Taiwan as it only occurs in the Hengchun Peninsula in the extreme south of the country.[3] It grows in mixed mesophytic forests at elevations of 100–500 m (330–1,640 ft).[4] Only single population of fewer than 50 individuals survives.[1]
The species was first described as Quercus formosana by Sidney Alfred Skan in 1899. In 1917 Bunzô Hayata placed the species in genus Lithocarpus as L. formosanus.[2]
Lithocarpus formosanus is similar to L. dodonaeifolius, and their identity as separate species has been questioned.[1] Molecular methods suggest that they are closely related but distinct species.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chao, W.-C.; Linsky, J. (2018). "Lithocarpus formosanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T31263A134323064.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/31263/134323064. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Lithocarpus formosanus (Skan) Hayata". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:358764-1.
- ↑ Liao, Jih-Ching (1996). "Fagaceae". in Huang, Tseng-chieng. Flora of Taiwan. 2 (2nd ed.). Taipei, Taiwan: Editorial Committee of the Flora of Taiwan, Second Edition. pp. 51–123. ISBN 957-9019-52-5. http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/ebook/ebookpage.php?volume=2&book=Fl.%20Taiwan%202nd%20edit.&page=51. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ↑ "Lithocarpus formosanus". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210001085.
- ↑ Chiang, T.-Y.; K.-H. Hung; T.-W. Hsu; W.-L. Wu (2004). "Lineage sorting and phylogeography in Lithocarpus formosanus and L. dodonaeifolius (Fagaceae) from Taiwan". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 91 (1): 207–222.
Wikidata ☰ Q5486880 entry
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