Quercus insignis
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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. Quercus |
Species: | Q. insignis
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Binomial name | |
Quercus insignis M.Martens & Galeotti
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Quercus insignis is a Mesoamerican species of oak in the white oak section, (Quercus section Quercus) within the beech family. It is native to southern Mexico and Central America, from Veracruz to Panamá.
Description[]
Quercus insignis is a tree. It has leaves up to 15 cm long and 8 cm across. The acorns are large and distinctive, up to 8 cm in diameter, the cup covered with extended scales that give the cup a bur-like appearance.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Quercus insignis M.Martens & Galeotti". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
- ^ Martens, Martin; Galeotti, Henri Guillaume (1843). "Enumeratio synoptica plantarum phanerogamicarum ab Henrico Galeotti in regionibus Mexicanis collectarum" [Comprehensive list of phanerogamic plants collected in Mexican regions by Henri Galeotti]. Bulletin de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-lettres de Bruxelles (in Latin). 10 (1): 219-220: description in Latin, commentary in French.
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External links[]
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Veracruz in 1914, showing acorn of same individual as in other photo
- collected in Veracruz in 1914, showing leaves of same individual as in other photo
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Categories:
- Quercus
- Trees of Central America
- Trees of Oaxaca
- Trees of Veracruz
- Plants described in 1843