Quercus polymorpha
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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. Quercus |
| Species: | Q. polymorpha
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| Quercus polymorpha Schlecht. & Cham.
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Quercus polymorpha, the Mexican white oak, Monterrey oak or netleaf white oak, is a North American species of oak. It is widespread in Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, and known from a single population in the United States (about 30 km north of the Río Grande in Val Verde County, Texas) but widely planted as an ornamental.[3][4][5][6][7]
Quercus polymorpha is a subevergreen tree up to 20 meters (67 feet) tall. Bark is gray or brown. Leaves are elliptical or egg-shaped, up to 15 cm (6 inches) long, unlobed or with a few shallow rounded lobes.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Quercus polymorpha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
data
- ^ "Quercus polymorpha Schltdl. & Cham.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus polymorpha". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 3. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ "Quercus polymorpha". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
- ^ Muller, C. H. 1942. The Central American species of Quercus. United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Plant Industry. Miscellaneous Publication 477: 1–216
- ^ Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.
- ^ Texas A&M Forest Service, Trees of Texas
External links[]
- photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1991
- Beat Springs Blossom, Nature Education includes photos
- Native Plant Database profile, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin: includes photos
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Quercus
- Flora of Texas
- Trees of Mexico
- Trees of Central America
- Plants described in 1830
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