Biology:Quercus gaharuensis

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Short description: Species of plant

Quercus gaharuensis
Scientific classification edit
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. gaharuensis
Binomial name
Quercus gaharuensis
Soepadmo (1966)[2]

Quercus gaharuensis is a species of oak native to Borneo, Sumatra, and Peninsular Malaysia.[1][2] It is placed in Quercus subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.[3]

Range and habitat

Quercus gaharuensis is known from widely scattered sites in Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, and Borneo (East Kalimantan, Sarawak, and Sabah).[1]

It grows in lowland mixed dipterocarp rain forests and lower montane rain forests up to 1,400 metres elevation.[1]

Conservation

Quercus gaharuensis is threatened with habitat loss from widepread deforestation across its range. The populations in northern Sumatra, comprising 25% of the species' known sites, are in or adjacent to protected areas. The known sites in central Sumatra and on Borneo are unprotected and have been logged or converted to agriculture.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15337475 entry