Quercus uxoris
| Quercus uxoris | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Species: | Q. uxoris |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus uxoris McVaugh 1972 | |
Quercus uxoris is an uncommon Mexican species of trees in the beech family. It is endemic to Mexico. It has been found in the States of Jalisco, Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, and Oaxaca in western Mexico.[1][2][3]
Quercus uxoris is a large deciduous tree up to 25 meters tall with a trunk often more than 100 cm in diameter. Leaves can be as much as 26 cm long, thick and leathery, broadly lance-shaped with numerous tapering teeth along the edges.[1]
References
- 1 2 McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:90-91 in English, with line drawings on page 90
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Nixon, K. et al. 1998. Quercus uxoris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.
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