Quercus hintonii

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Quercus hintonii
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. hintonii
Binomial name
Quercus hintonii
E.F.Warb.
Synonyms[2]
  • Quercus apiophylla E.F.Warb.
  • Quercus ochroesthes E.F.Warb.
  • Quercus sagata E.F.Warb.

Quercus hintonii is an rare Mexican species of tree in the beech family. It is endemic to the State of México in the central part of the Republic of Mexico.[3]

Quercus hintonii is a deciduous tree up to 15 meters tall with a trunk as much as 50 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 21 cm long, elliptical or egg-shaped, very often with no teeth or lobes but sometimes with a few pointed teeth.[3][4]

Quercus hintonii is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Jerome, D. (2018). "Quercus hintonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T30732A2795593. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T30732A2795593.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ The Plant List, Quercus hintonii E.F.Warb.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Warburg, Edmund Frederic 1939. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1939: 91


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