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A synoptic account of the Fagaceae of Thailand

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136<br />

THAI FOREST BULLETIN (BOTANY) 34<br />

KEY TO SUBSPECIES<br />

1. Leaves glabrous on both surfaces 2.1 subsp. aliena<br />

1. Leaves densely tomentose on lower surface 2.2 subsp. griffithii<br />

subsp. aliena<br />

<strong>Thailand</strong>.— NORTHERN: Chiang Mai; NORTHEASTERN: Phetchabun, Loei; EASTERN:<br />

Chaiyaphum.<br />

Distribution.— India, Myanma, Laos, China, Japan (type).<br />

Ecology.— Pine-deciduous forest, mixed deciduous forest, savannah and lower<br />

montane forest, on granite bedrock, alt. 800–1400 m. (usually 1000–1300 m). Flowering<br />

Jan.–Nov. (usually Feb.–April), fruiting Jan.–Aug..<br />

Vernacular.—Ko tia (°àÕ‡µ’ Ȭ), ko na ae (°àÕπ–·Õ) (Nor<strong>the</strong>rn), ko nam (°àÕπÈ”)<br />

(Nor<strong>the</strong>astern).<br />

Uses.— Nut edible.<br />

subsp. griffithii (Hook.f. & Thomson ex Miq.) Schottky, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 47: 635.<br />

1912.— Quercus griffithii Hook.f. & Thomson ex Miq. in A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr.<br />

16(2): 14. 1864; King ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 602. 1888; Franch., J. Bot.: 147. 1899;<br />

Brandis, Indian Trees: 625. 1921; Hickel & A.Camus in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 5: 943.<br />

1930; Barnett, Quer. Rel. Fag. Asia: 24. 1940.<br />

<strong>Thailand</strong>.— NORTHEASTERN: Phetchabun, Loei; EASTERN: Chaiyaphum.<br />

Distribution.— India (Sikkim, type).<br />

Ecology.— Mixed deciduous forest, lower montane forest, deciduous dipterocarppine<br />

forest and open and wet savannah, usually in pure stands on sandstone bedrock by<br />

streams; alt. 800–1500 m. (usually 1200–1300 m). Flowering March–June, fruiting March–<br />

Dec..<br />

Vernacular.—Ko nam (°àÕπÈ”), ko khi mu (°àÕ¢’ ÈÀ¡Ÿ) (Nor<strong>the</strong>astern).<br />

Uses.— Nut edible.<br />

3. Quercus augustinii Skan, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26: 507. 1889; Barnett, Quer. Rel. Fag. Asia:<br />

230. 1940.— Cyclobalanopsis augustinii (Skan.) Schott., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 47: 656. 1912;<br />

C.C.Huang, Y.T.Chang & B.M.Bartol. in C.Y.Wu & P.H.Raven, Fl. China 4: 398. 1999.—<br />

Quercus glabricupula Barnett, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1938: 99. 1938; Barnett, Quer. Rel.<br />

Fag. Asia: 69. 1940; Barnett, Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh. 34: 331. 1944.<br />

<strong>Thailand</strong>.— NORTHERN: Chiang Mai; NORTHEASTERN: Loei; SOUTHEASTERN:<br />

Chanthaburi.<br />

Distribution.— China (type), Myanma.<br />

Ecology.— Lower and upper montane forests on granite bedrock, alt. 1100–2500 m<br />

(usually 1500–2000 m). Flowering Jan.–March, fruiting Jan.–Dec. (usually Jan.–March).

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