Quercus miyagii
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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: | Quercus |
| Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Cerris |
| Section: | Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis |
| Species: | Q. miyagii
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| Quercus miyagii | |
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Quercus miyagii is a species of oak native to the Ryukyu Islands.[2] It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.[3]
A tree typically 12 metres (39 feet) tall, its acorns are consumed by the freshwater crabs Geothelphusa grandiovata and Candidiopotamon okinawense, which gather them and store them in their burrows.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 167 (1912)
- ^ a b "Quercus miyagii Koidz". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ 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 2023-02-24.
- ^ Sasaki, Takeshi; Naruse, Tohru (December 2014). "Acorn–foraging activity and feeding behaviour by two species of freshwater crabs (Brachyura: Potamidae) from Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan". Crustacean Research. 43: 31–40. doi:10.18353/crustacea.43.0_31. Retrieved 16 October 2020.