Quercus laurina
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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. laurina
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Binomial name | |
Quercus laurina Humb. & Bonpl.
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Quercus laurina is a Mexican species of trees in the Fagaceae. It is native primarily to Mexico (from Tamaulipas to Chiapas) and has also been found in Guatemala and El Salvador.[2][3][4][5]
Quercus laurina is a tree up to 30 meters tall with a trunk as much as 50 cm or more in diameter. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 155 mm long, elliptical sometimes with a few large teeth near the tip.[2]
Quercus laurina forms hybrids with Quercus affinis.[6]
References[]
- ^ The Plant List, Quercus laurina Bonpl.
- ^ 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
- ^ Tropicos, Quercus laurina Bonpl.
- ^ Linares, J. L. 2003. Listado comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la república de El Salvador. Ceiba 44(2): 105–268
- ^ González-Rodríguez A, Arias DM, Oyama K (2005). "Genetic variation and differentiation of populations within the Quercus affinis – Quercus laurina (Fagaceae) complex analyzed with RAPD markers" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Botany. 83: 155–62. doi:10.1139/B04-162.
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Categories:
- Quercus
- Flora of Central America
- Plants described in 1809
- Trees of Mexico
- Trees of Puebla
- Trees of Oaxaca
- Quercus stubs