Quercus scytophylla
Quercus scytophylla | |
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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. scytophylla
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Binomial name | |
Quercus scytophylla Liebm.
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Quercus scytophylla is a Mexican species of trees in the beech family. It is native to western and central Mexico from Sonora and Chihuahua to Chiapas.[2][3][4]
Quercus scytophylla is a deciduous tree up to 20 meters tall with a trunk as much as 50 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 20 cm long, with a few tapering, pointed teeth along the edges.[2]
References[]
- ^ The Plant List, Quercus scytophylla Liebm.
- ^ 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
- ^ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter distribution map and photos of herbarium specimens
Categories:
- Quercus
- Plants described in 1854
- Trees of Mexico
- Flora of the Sierra Madre Occidental
- Quercus stubs