Quercus castanea
| Quercus castanea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Species: | Q. castanea |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus castanea Née 1801 not Willd. 1801 nor A.DC. 1864 nor G.B. Emers. 1846 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Quercus castanea is a Mexican species of oak tree in the family beech family. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Sonora to Chiapas.[2][3]
Quercus castanea is a deciduous tree up to 15 meters tall with a trunk as much as 80 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 116 mm long, elliptical with numerous pointed teeth along the edges.[2]
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Quercus castanea Née
- 1 2 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
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