Quercus carlesii Hemsley, Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 26: t. 2591. 1899; Castanopsis carlesii var. sessilis Nakai; C. cuspidata (Thunberg) Schottky var. carlesii (Hemsley) T. Yamazaki; C. cuspidata var. longicaudata (Hayata) S. S. Ying; C. longicaudata (Hayata) Nakai; C. stipitata (Hayata ex Koidzumi) Nakai; Lithocarpus stipitatus Hayata ex Koidzumi; Q. longicaudata Hayata; Shiia carlesii (Hemsley) Kudo; Synaedrys carlesii (Hemsley) Koidzumi.

Cupules with tubercles or sometimes apically with spinelike bracts ca. 1-2 mm, sometimes adnate but not connate into fascicles.

* Mixed and broad-leaved evergreen forests. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang