Quercus gentryi
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Scientific classification 
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| 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. gentryi
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| Binomial name | |
| Quercus gentryi C.H.Mull.
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Quercus gentryi is a species of oak in the beech family. It is native to western and north-western Mexico, from Sonora south to Michoacán and east as far as Guanajuato.[1]
Description[]
Quercus gentryi is a short evergreen tree up to 15 meters tall with a trunk as much as 50 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and rigid, up to 18 cm long, with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ a b McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:43-45 in English, with line drawings on page 44
- ^ Muller, Cornelius Herman 1942. American Midland Naturalist 27(2): 474
External links[]
Categories:
- Quercus
- Trees of Mexico
- Plants described in 1942
- Flora of the Sierra Madre Occidental