Quercus elliptica
Quercus elliptica | |
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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. elliptica
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Quercus elliptica | |
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Quercus elliptica is a Mesoamerican species of oak tree in the beech family. It is widespread across central and southern Mexico and Central America from Sinaloa and Hidalgo south as far as Nicaragua.[2][3][4][5]
Quercus elliptica is a tree up to 15 meters tall with a trunk as much as 70 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 120 mm long, elliptical with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.[2][6]
References[]
- ^ "Quercus elliptica 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
- ^ García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
- ^ Nelson Sutherland, C. H. 2001. Plantas descritas originalmente de Honduras y sus nomenclaturas equivalentas actuales. Ceiba 42(1): 1–71.
- ^ Née, Luis 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3(9): 278 short diagnosis in Latin, description in Spanish
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Categories:
- Quercus
- Trees of Mexico
- Plants described in 1801
- Flora of Central America
- Quercus stubs