Quercus scytophylla
| Quercus scytophylla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Section: | Lobatae |
| Species: | Q. scytophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus scytophylla Liebm. 1854 | |
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Quercus scytophylla is a Mexican species of trees in the beech family. It is native to western and central Mexico from Sonora and Chihuahua to Chiapas.[2][3][4]
Quercus scytophylla is a deciduous tree up to 20 meters tall with a trunk as much as 50 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 20 cm long, with a few tapering, pointed teeth along the edges.[2]
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Quercus scytophylla Liebm.
- 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
- ↑ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter distribution map and photos of herbarium specimens
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