Quercus costaricensis

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Quercus costaricensis
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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. costaricensis
Binomial name
Quercus costaricensis
Synonyms [1]
  • Quercus endresiiTrel.
  • Quercus irazuensisKuntze

Quercus costaricensis is a species of oak native to Central America (Costa Rica, Honduras, and Panama). [2] [3] [4] It is often found with Quercus copeyensis in the upper montane forests, to 3,100 metres (10,200 feet) elevation. [5] The leaves are tough and leathery with a short petiole and toothed margin. Wind is the primary pollinator. Squirrels are their main seed predator but also their main disperser as they commonly lose their buried seeds.

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References

  1. ↑ "Quercus costaricensis Liebm.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  2. ↑ Hazlett, D. L. (1979). "A first report on the vegetation of Celaque". Ceiba. 23 (2): 114–128.
  3. ↑ Morales Quirós, J. F (2015). Hammel, B.E.; Grayum, M.H.; Herrera, C.; Zamora, N. (eds.). "Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden". Santalaceae: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica (in Spanish). VIII (131): 13–36.
  4. ↑ Correa A., M.D.; Galdames, C.; Stapf, M. (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá (in Spanish). Panamá: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. pp. 1–599.
  5. ↑ Costa Rica Institute of Technology: Quercus costaricensis Archived November 11, 2005, at the Wayback Machine


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