Quercus crassifolia

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Quercus crassifolia
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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. crassifolia
Binomial name
Quercus crassifolia
Synonyms [3]
List
  • Quercus brachystachysBenth.
  • Quercus chicamolensisTrel.
  • Quercus crassifolia var. errans(Trel.) E.F.Warb.
  • Quercus erransTrel.
  • Quercus felipensisTrel.
  • Quercus miguelitensisTrel.
  • Quercus mollisM.Martens & Galeotti
  • Quercus morelianaTrel.
  • Quercus orbiculataTrel.
  • Quercus spinulosaM.Martens & Galeotti
  • Quercus splendens var. pallidiorA.DC.
  • Quercus stipularisBonpl.

Quercus crassifolia is a species of oak. It is widespread in Mexico from Sonora and Chihuahua to Veracruz and Chiapas. [4] [5] [6] It has also been found in Guatemala. [7]

It is a shrub or small tree sometimes reaching as much as 15 metres (49 feet) in height. The shoots are covered with many yellow or light brown branching hairs. The leaves are broadly egg-shaped with the widest part distant from the stem, up to 20 centimetres (8 inches) long, with 6–12 pointed teeth on each side. People of the region use the wood to make tool handles and farm implements. [6] [8] [9] [10]

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References

  1. Wenzell , K.; Kenny, L. (2015). "Quercus crassifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  2. "Quercus crassifolia". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens.
  3. "Quercus crassifolia Bonpl.". 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 Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  4. SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter distribution map and photos of herbarium specimens
  5. Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246
  6. 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
  7. McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
  8. Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: 49-50 diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in French
  9. Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: plate 91 drawing of Quercus crassifolia
  10. Oaks of the World