Quercus acutifolia

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Quercus acutifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Section: Quercus sect. Lobatae
Species:
Q. acutifolia
Binomial name
Quercus acutifolia
Synonyms [2]
List
  • Quercus acutifolia f. abruptaTrel.
  • Quercus acutifolia var. angustifolia A.DC., not validly publ.
  • Quercus acutifolia var. bonplandiiA.DC.
  • Quercus acutifolia var. conspersa(Benth.) A.DC.
  • Quercus acutifolia var. microcarpaA.DC.
  • Quercus anglohondurensisC.H.Mull.
  • Quercus candolleanaTrel.
  • Quercus conspersaBenth.
  • Quercus conspersa f. caudataTrel.
  • Quercus conspersa f. ovatifoliaTrel.
  • Quercus correptaTrel.
  • Quercus grahamii var. coyulanaTrel.
  • Quercus grahamii var. nelsoniiTrel.
  • Quercus monserratensisC.H.Mull.
  • Quercus nitidaM.Martens & Galeotti
  • Quercus sartoriiBotteri ex A.DC.
  • Quercus tenuiaristataTrel.
  • Quercus tonaguiaeTrel.
  • Quercus uruapanensisTrel.

Quercus acutifolia, many synonyms including Quercus conspersa, is a species of oak tree. [2] It is native to central and southern Mexico and northern Central America, from Nayarit south as far as Belize and Guatemala. [3] [4]

It is placed in Quercus section Lobatae. [5]

It is a deciduous tree growing up to 12 metres (39 feet) tall with a trunk as much as 30 centimetres (12 inches) in diameter. The leaves are stiff and leathery, rigid, narrowly elliptical, up to 16 cm long, dark green on the top and lighter green underneath, with 8–14 bristly teeth on each side. [3] It retains its leaves until winter and can withstand about -10 °C.

Quercus acutifolia in Hackfalls Arboretum Quercus acutifolia in Hackfalls Arboretum.jpg
Quercus acutifolia in Hackfalls Arboretum

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References

  1. ↑ Wenzell , K.; Kenny, L. (2015). "Quercus acutifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T78803712A78803830. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T78803712A78803830.en . Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Quercus acutifolia Née". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  3. 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
  4. ↑ McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
  5. ↑ Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017). "Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks" (xls). figshare. Retrieved 2023-02-24.


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