Quercus acutifolia

Quercus acutifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species: Q. acutifolia
Binomial name
Quercus acutifolia
Née 1801 not Bonpl. 1809 nor A.DC. 1864
Synonyms[2]

Quercus acutifolia is a Mexican species of oak tree in the family beech family. It is native to central and southern Mexico and northern Central America, from Nayarit south as far as Belize and Guatemala.[3][4]

Quercus acutifolia is a deciduous tree up to 12 meters tall with a trunk as much as 30 cm in diameter. Leaves are stiff and leathery, rigid, narrowly elliptical, up to 16 cm long, dark green on the top and lighter green underneath, with 8–14 bristly teeth on each side.[3]

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