Quercus gentryi

Quercus gentryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species: Q. gentryi
Binomial name
Quercus gentryi
C.H.Mull. 1942

Quercus gentryi is a Mexican species of oak in the beech family. It is native to western and northwestern Mexico, from Sonora south to Michoacán and east as far as Guanajuato.[1]

Description

Quercus gentryi is a short evergreen tree up to 15 meters tall with a trunk as much as 50 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and rigid, up to 18 cm long, with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:43-45 in English, with line drawings on page 44
  2. Muller, Cornelius Herman 1942. American Midland Naturalist 27(2): 474

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