Quercus mexicana
Quercus mexicana is a Mexican species of trees in the beech family. It is widespread from Chiapas to Tamaulipas.[2][3]
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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. mexicana |
Binomial name | |
Quercus mexicana | |
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Quercus mexicana is a deciduous tree up to 15 meters tall with gray bark. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 120 mm long, oblong or lance-shaped with no teeth or lobes.[2][4][5]
References
- The Plant List, Quercus mexicana Bonpl.
- Romero Rangel, S., E. C. Rojas Zenteno & M. L. Aguilar Enríquez. 2002. El género Quercus (Fagaceae) en el estado de México. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89(4): 551–593 in Spanish, with line drawings of each species
- McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
- Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: 35-36 diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in French
- Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: plate 82 drawing of Quercus mexicana
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