Quercus tuberculata

Quercus tuberculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species: Q. tuberculata
Binomial name
Quercus tuberculata
Liebm. 1854
Synonyms[1]

Quercus tuberculata is a species of oak tree which is native to mountains of northeastern and northwestern Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Michoacán, Durango, and Nuevo León).[2][3]

Quercus tuberculata is a deciduous tree up to 12 meters tall, with a trunk up to 30 cm in diameter. Leaves are egg-shaped, thick and leathery, up to 15 cm long, with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.[2][4]

References

  1. The Plant List, Quercus tuberculata Liebm.
  2. 1 2 McVaugh, Rogers. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12: 86-88 in English, line drawing on page 87
  3. Tropicos, Quercus tuberculata Liebm.
  4. Liebmann, Frederik Michael. 1854. Oversigt over det kongelige danske videnskabernes selskabs forhandlinger og dets medlemmers arbeider. 1854: 181
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