Quercus castanea

Quercus castanea
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. castanea
Binomial name
	Quercus castanea; Née
Synonyms
	List Quercus alamosensis Trel. ; Quercus axillaris E.Fourn. ex Trel. ; Quercus circummontana Trel. ; Quercus consociata Trel. ; Quercus crassivenosa Trel. ; Quercus impressa Trel. ; Quercus lanigera M.Martens & Galeotti ; Quercus mucronata Willd. ; Quercus pulchella Bonpl. ; Quercus rossii Trel. ; Quercus scherzeri Trel. ; Quercus seleri Trel. ; Quercus serrulata Trel. ; Quercus simillima Trel. ; Quercus spathulistipula Trel. ; Quercus subcrispata Trel. ; Quercus tepoxuchilensis Trel. ; Quercus tristis Liebm. ; Quercus verrucosirama Trel. ;

Quercus castanea is a Mexican species of oak tree in the beech family. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Sonora to Chiapas.^[2]^[3]

Quercus castanea is a deciduous tree up to 15 meters tall with a trunk as much as 80 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 116 mm long, elliptical with numerous pointed teeth along the edges.^[2]

References[]

^ "Quercus castanea 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

External links[]

photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Oaxaca in 1894

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[1] "Quercus castanea 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

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