Quercus rugosa

Quercus rugosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Species:	Q. rugosa
Binomial name
Quercus rugosa Née 1801 not (Masam.) J.C. Liao 1991
Natural range of Quercus rugosa
Synonyms[1]
List Quercus ariifolia Trel. Quercus conglomerata Trel. 1824 not Pers. 1807 Quercus decipiens M.Martens & Galeotti Quercus diversicolor Trel. Quercus dugesii (Trel.) A.Nelson Quercus durangensis Trel. Quercus innuncupata Trel. Quercus purpusii Trel. Quercus reticulata Bonpl. Quercus rhodophlebia Trel. Quercus suchiensis E.F.Warb. Quercus uhdeana Trel. Quercus vellifera Trel.

Quercus rugosa (the netleaf oak) is a species of oak tree which is widespread in Mexico (from Sonora to Chiapas), Guatemala, and the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas).^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Quercus rugosa is an evergreen shrub or tree. Bark is brown and scaly. Leaves are thick and leathery, rarely flat, usually cupped, up to 10 cm (4 inches) long, dark green on the top but covered with a thick of reddish-brown hairs on the underside.^[7][8]

References

1. The Plant List, Quercus rugosa Née
2. USDA, NRCS (2008). "Quercus rugosa". The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
4. SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, arizona chapter
5. McVaugh, Rogers. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93.
6. 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
7. Flora of North America, Quercus rugosa Née, 1801. Netleaf oak
8. Née, Luis. 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3(9): 275 short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in Spanish

External links

• Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Durango in 1904