Quercus resinosa
Quercus resinosa | |
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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. resinosa
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Binomial name | |
Quercus resinosa Liebm.
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Quercus resinosa is a Mexican species of oak in the beech family. It is native to central and western Mexico, from Nayarit south to Michoacán and east as far as San Luis Potosí.[1]
Description[]
Quercus resinosa is a deciduous tree up to 15 meters tall with a trunk as much as 70 cm in diameter. Leaves are huge, as much as 50 cm long, thick and stiff, broadly egg-shaped with the widest part toward the tip.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:73-75 in English, with line drawing on page 74
Categories:
- Quercus
- Trees of Mexico
- Plants described in 1854
- Endemic flora of Mexico
- Flora of the Sierra Madre Occidental
- Quercus stubs