Quercus elliptica

Quercus elliptica
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
Binomial name
	Quercus elliptica; Née
Synonyms
	List Quercus atrescentirhachis Trel. ; Quercus botryocarpa Trel. ; Quercus chiquihuitillonis Trel. ; Quercus coccinata Trel. ; Quercus comayaguana Trel. ; Quercus exaristata Trel. ; Quercus guayabalana Trel. ; Quercus hondurensis Trel. ; Quercus lanceolata M.Martens & Galeotti ex A.DC. ; Quercus langlassei Trel. ; Quercus linguifolia Liebm. ; Quercus nectandrifolia Liebm. ; Quercus oajacana Liebm. ; Quercus peradifolia E.F.Warb. ; Quercus porriginosa Trel. ; Quercus pubinervis M.Martens & Galeotti ; Quercus salicifolia var. oajacana (Liebm.) Wenz. ; Quercus yoroensis Trel. ; Quercus yoroensis var. aguanana Trel. ;

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

External links[]

photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Honduras in 1938

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[1] "Quercus elliptica 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] 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

[5] Nelson Sutherland, C. H. 2001. Plantas descritas originalmente de Honduras y sus nomenclaturas equivalentas actuales. Ceiba 42(1): 1–71.

[6] Née, Luis 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3(9): 278 short diagnosis in Latin, description in Spanish

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