Quercus peduncularis

Quercus peduncularis is an oak in the white oak group (Quercus sect. Quercus)[2] native to Mexico and Central America, ranging from Jalisco to Honduras.[3][4][5][6][7]

Quercus peduncularis
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. Quercus
Species:
Q. peduncularis
Binomial name
Quercus peduncularis
Synonyms[1]

Quercus peduncularis is a small tree up to 4 meters tall. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 10 cm long, lance-shaped or egg-shaped with 9-14 pairs of pointed teeth on the edges.[4]

References
  1. "Quercus peduncularis Née". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  2. Standley, Paul Carpenter; Steyermark, Julian Alfred (1952). Flora of Guatemala. Chicago Natural History Museum. p. 373.
  3. McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
  4. 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
  5. Muller, C. H. 1942. The Central American species of Quercus. United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Plant Industry. Miscellaneous Publication 477: 1–216
  6. Berendsohn, W.G., A. K. Gruber & J. A. Monterrosa Salomón. 2009. Nova silva cuscatlanica. Árboles nativos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29(1): 1–438.
  7. Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246


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