Lithocarpus is a genus in the
beech family
Fagaceae, differing from
Quercus in the erect male spikes. The Kew Checklist (see link below) accepts 334 species, though some other texts suggest as low as 100 species. All but one are native to east and southeast
Asia; the single exception, Lithocarpus densiflorus (
Tanoak), 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.
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