Quercus candicans

Quercus candicans
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. candicans
Binomial name
	Quercus candicans; Née
Synonyms
	List Quercus acuminata M.Martens & Galeotti ; Quercus alamo Benth ; Quercus calophylla Schltdl. & Cham. ; Quercus flavida Liebm. ; Quercus intermedia M.Martens & Galeotti ; Quercus umbrosa Endl. ;

Quercus candicans is a Mesoamerican species of oak tree in the beech family. It is native to central and southern Mexico (Chihuahua, Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico City, Mexico State, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz) and Guatemala. It grows from 1,200 to 2,700 m of altitude in wet montane forests, preferring calcareous soils.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Quercus candicans is a deciduous tree 8 to 25 meters tall^[5] with a trunk as much as 100 cm in diameter. Leaves are stiff and leathery, rigid, up to 235 mm long, egg-shaped with numerous pointed teeth along the edges.^[2]

In 2018, it was found that the type specimen of Quercus candicans was actually a misidentified Roldana, a plant in the aster family (Asteraceae). Therefore, the correct name of this species would actually be Quercus calophylla.^[6]

References[]

^ "Quercus acutifolia Née". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
^ ^a ^b 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
^ Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1952. Fagaceae. In Flora of Guatemala - Part III. Fieldiana, Botany 24(3): 369–396
^ ^a ^b [1] Oaks of the World, entry "Quercus candicans"
^ Valencia-A., Susana; Coombes, Allen; Villaseñor, José Luis (2018). "Quercus candicans (Fagaceae) is not a Quercus but a Roldana (Asteraceae)". Phytotaxa. 333 (2): 251. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.333.2.9.

External links[]

photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Michoacán in 1891

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[1] "Quercus acutifolia Née". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.

[evangelina-2] 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

[3] McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93

[4] Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1952. Fagaceae. In Flora of Guatemala - Part III. Fieldiana, Botany 24(3): 369–396

[worldOaks-5] [1] Oaks of the World, entry "Quercus candicans"

[6] Valencia-A., Susana; Coombes, Allen; Villaseñor, José Luis (2018). "Quercus candicans (Fagaceae) is not a Quercus but a Roldana (Asteraceae)". Phytotaxa. 333 (2): 251. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.333.2.9.

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