Abstract: Cyclobalanopsis reclinatocaulis M.M.L, a new species from western Fujian, China, is described and illustrated. Based on morphological characters, it is similar to Cyclobalanopsis grauca(Thunb.) Oerst., but differs in its winter budsreddish-brown; leaf blade subleathery, often elliptic, ovate-elliptic, abaxially often dark gray when dry, margin often shallow serrations; cupule bracts in 8-10 rings, crowded; nut obovoid to obovoid-ellipsoid, apex somewhat depressed, dense pale-pubescent; stylopodium slightly broad 3-4 mm in diam., 7-8-ringed.

Key words: Fagaceae, Cyclobalanopsis, new species, subtropical flora, Fujian province