Quercus conspersa

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Quercus conspersa
Scientific classification edit
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. conspersa
Binomial name
Quercus conspersa
Benth.
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Quercus acutifolia var. conspersa (Benth.) A.DC.
  • Quercus grahamii var. coyulana Trel.
  • Quercus nitida M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Quercus uruapanensis Trel.

Quercus conspersa is a Mesoamerican species of oak tree in the beech family. It is widespread across western Mexico and northern Central America from Jalisco to Honduras.[2][3][4]

Quercus conspersa is a tree up to 9 meters tall with a trunk as much as 50 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 22 cm long, elliptical with no teeth or lobes but a tapering tip.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Quercus conspersa Benth.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
  4. ^ Muller, C. H. 1942. The Central American species of Quercus. United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Plant Industry. Miscellaneous Publication 477: 1–216


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