Quercus laurina

Quercus laurina is a Mexican species of trees in the Fagaceae. It is native primarily to Mexico (from Tamaulipas to Chiapas) and has also been found in Guatemala and El Salvador.[2][3][4][5]

Quercus laurina
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. laurina
Binomial name
Quercus laurina
Synonyms[1]

Quercus laurina is a tree up to 30 meters tall with a trunk as much as 50 cm or more in diameter. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 155 mm long, elliptical sometimes with a few large teeth near the tip.[2]

Quercus laurina forms hybrids with Quercus affinis.[6]

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