Quercus miyagii: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fagales
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
- Species
- Quercus miyagii
- Scientific Name
- Quercus miyagii
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Quercus miyagii
Quercus miyagii is a species of oak native to the Ryukyu Islands. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.
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.
...Quercus miyagii in languages:
- Japanese
- オキナワウラジロガシ
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Cerris
- Quercus
- Quercus airensis
- Quercus ghiesbreghtii
- Quercus juergensenii
- Quercus kotschyana
- Quercus miyagii
- Quercus ramsbottomii
- Quercus schultzei
- Quercus senescens
- Quercus spicata
- Quercus × albescens
- Quercus × alpestris
- Quercus × battandieri
- Quercus × celtica
- Quercus × hispanica
- Quercus × kerneri
- Quercus × kewensis
- Quercus × numidica
- Quercus × pseudosuber
- Quercus × senneniana