Quercus gentryi
Quercus gentryi is a Mexican species of oak in the beech family. It is native to western and northwestern Mexico, from Sonora south to Michoacán and east as far as Guanajuato.[1]
| Quercus gentryi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Quercus |
| Section: | Quercus sect. Lobatae |
| Species: | Q. gentryi |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus gentryi | |
Description
Quercus gentryi is a short evergreen tree up to 15 meters tall with a trunk as much as 50 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and rigid, up to 18 cm long, with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.[1][2]
References
- McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:43-45 in English, with line drawings on page 44
- Muller, Cornelius Herman 1942. American Midland Naturalist 27(2): 474
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