Definitions for lithocarpus
litho·car·pus

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1. Lithocarpus, genus Lithocarpusnoun

   tanbark oaks

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1. Lithocarpus

   Lithocarpus is a genus in the beech family, Fagaceae. Trees in this genus are commonly known as the stone oaks and differ from Quercus primarily because they produce insect-pollinated flowers on erect spikes and the female flowers have short styles with punctate stigmas. At current, around 340 species have been described, mostly restricted to Southeast Asia. Fossils show that Lithocarpus formerly had a wider distribution, being found in North America and Europe during the Eocene to Miocene epochs. The species extend from the foothills of the Hengduan Mountains, where they form dominant stands of trees, through Indochina and the Malayan Archipelago, crossing Wallace's Line and reaching Papua. In general, these trees are most dominant in the uplands (more than 1,000 m or 3,300 ft above sea level) and have many ecological similarities to the Dipterocarpaceae, the dominant lowland tree group. These trees are intolerant of seasonal droughts, not being found on the Lesser Sunda Islands, despite their ability to cross numerous water barriers to reach Papua.The North American tanoak or tanbark oak (Notholithocarpus densiflorus) was previously included in this genus but recent evidence indicates the similarities in flower and fruit morphology are due to convergent evolution. Both genetic and morphological evidence demonstrate that the tanoak is a distant relative to Asian stone oaks and, therefore tanoak has been moved into a new genus, Notholithocarpus.Lithocarpus trees are evergreen trees with leathery, alternate leaves, the margins of which are almost always entire, rarely toothed. The seed is a nut similar to an oak acorn with a cupule enclosing the basal part of the fruit. Cupules of stone oaks demonstrate a much wider variety in the type and arrangement of lamellae and scales on the outside of the cupule, with some of them completely enclosing the nut, even becoming irregularly dehiscent in a few species. The seeds are often protected by a hard woody shell (hence the genus name, from Greek λίθος, lithos, "stone" and καρπός, karpos, "seed"). In some sections of the genus, the seed is embedded in the basal material of the fruit which becomes highly lignified and hard, lending greater mechanical protection to the seed, creating a novel type of fruit. The kernel is edible in some species (e.g. Lithocarpus edulis), but inedible, and very bitter, in others. Several of the species are very attractive ornamental trees, used in parks and large gardens in warm temperate and subtropical areas.

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1. lithocarpus

   Lithocarpus is a genus of about 330 species of trees and shrubs, belonging to the beech family (Fagaceae), which occur from the eastern region of the Indian Subcontinent to the Pacific. They are often known as the stone oaks and differ from Quercus (the true oaks) in that they produce insect-pollinated flowers on erect spikes and the nuts are enclosed in a hard shell. Many species are evergreen. The plant's name comes from Greek words "lithos" (stone) and "karpos" (fruit), referring to the hard fruit.

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1. Lithocarpus

   Lithocarpus is a genus in the beech family Fagaceae, differing from Quercus in the erect male spikes. The World Checklist accepts 334 species, though some other texts suggest as few as 100 species. About 100 Asian species of the genus were formerly treated in the genus Pasania. All but one are native to east and southeast Asia; the single exception, L. densiflorus, tanoak or tanbark oak, being native to western North America in southwest Oregon and California. The Asian species do not have a well-known English vernacular name, though the generic term stone oak has been proposed. Although normally included in Lithocarpus, recent genetic evidence suggests that the North American species is only distantly related to Asian species; it may be better transferred to a genus of its own. They are evergreen trees with leathery, alternate leaves, which may be either entire or toothed. The seed is a nut very similar to an oak acorn, but with a very hard, woody nut shell. The nut kernel is edible in some species, but inedible, and very bitter, in others. Several of the species are very attractive ornamental trees, used in parks and large gardens in warm temperate and subtropical areas.

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   The numerical value of lithocarpus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

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