Quercus coccolobifolia

Quercus coccolobifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species: Q. coccolobifolia
Binomial name
Quercus coccolobifolia
Trel. 1924
Synonyms[1]

Quercus coccolobifolia is a Mexican species of oak in the beech family. It is native to northern Mexico, from Sonora south to Jalisco and east as far as San Luis Potosí.[2]

Description

Quercus coccolobifolia is a short evergreen tree up to 15 meters tall with a trunk as much as 70 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and rigid, up to 19 cm long, with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.[2][3]

References

  1. Tropicos, Quercus coccolobifolia Trel.
  2. 1 2 McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:25-26 in English, with line drawings on page 25
  3. Trelease, William 1924. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 20: 136, plate 258, as Quercus coccolobaefolia

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