Quercus elliptica

Quercus elliptica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Species:	Q. elliptica
Binomial name
Quercus elliptica Née 1801 not Liebm. 1869 nor Liebm. ex A. DC. 1864
Synonyms[1]
List Quercus atrescentirhachis Trel. Quercus botryocarpa Trel. Quercus chiquihuitillonis Trel. Quercus coccinata Trel. Quercus comayaguana Trel. Quercus exaristata Trel. Quercus guayabalana Trel. Quercus hondurensis Trel. Quercus lanceolata M.Martens & Galeotti ex A.DC. 1864 not Bonpl. 1809 Quercus langlassei Trel. Quercus linguifolia Liebm. Quercus nectandrifolia Liebm. Quercus oajacana Liebm. Quercus peradifolia E.F.Warb. Quercus porriginosa Trel. Quercus pubinervis M.Martens & Galeotti Quercus salicifolia var. oajacana (Liebm.) Wenz. Quercus yoroensis Trel. Quercus yoroensis var. aguanana Trel.

Quercus elliptica is a Mesoamerican species of oak tree in the beech family. It is widespread across central and southern Mexico and Central America from Sinaloa and Hidalgo south as far as Nicaragua.^[2][3][4][5]

Quercus elliptica is a tree up to 15 meters tall with a trunk as much as 70 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 120 mm long, elliptical with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.^[2][6]

References

1. The Plant List, Quercus elliptica Née
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
3. McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
4. García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
5. Nelson Sutherland, C. H. 2001. Plantas descritas originalmente de Honduras y sus nomenclaturas equivalentas actuales. Ceiba 42(1): 1–71.
6. Née, Luis 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3(9): 278 short diagnosis in Latin, description in Spanish

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Honduras in 1938