Quercus laurina

Last updated

Quercus laurina
Quercus laurina in Hackfalls Arboretum (2).jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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. laurina
Binomial name
Quercus laurina
Synonyms [2]
List
  • Dryopsila laurina(Bonpl.) Raf.
  • Quercus barbinervisBenth.
  • Quercus bourgaeiOerst. ex Hemsl.
  • Quercus bourgaei var. ilicifoliaTrel.
  • Quercus caeruleocarpaTrel.
  • Quercus castanea var. tridens(Bonpl.) A.DC.
  • Quercus chrysophyllaBonpl.
  • Quercus lanceolataBonpl.
  • Quercus lanceolata var. undulatodentataA.DC.
  • Quercus laurinaLiebm. ex A.DC.
  • Quercus laurina var. barbinervis(Benth.) Wenz.
  • Quercus laurina var. major(A.DC.) Wenz.
  • Quercus major(A.DC.) Trel.
  • Quercus malinaltepecanaTrel.
  • Quercus nitens var. majorA.DC.
  • Quercus orizabaeLiebm.
  • Quercus roseovenulosaTrel.
  • Quercus salicifoliaBenth.
  • Quercus salicifolia var. tlapuxahuensis(A.DC.) Wenz.
  • Quercus tlapuxahuensisA.DC.
  • Quercus tlapuxahuensis var. obconicaTrel.
  • Quercus treleaseanaA.Camus
  • Quercus tridensBonpl.

Quercus laurina is a species of oak. It is native primarily to Mexico (from Tamaulipas to Chiapas) and has also been found in Guatemala and El Salvador. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Q. laurina is a tree up to 30 metres (98 feet) tall with a trunk as much as 50 centimetres (20 inches) or more in diameter. The leaves are thick and leathery, up to 15.5 cm (6 in) long, elliptical sometimes with a few large teeth near the tip. [3]

The species forms hybrids with Quercus affinis . [7]

Related Research Articles

<i>Quercus benthamii</i> Species of oak tree

Quercus benthamii is a species of oak in the family Fagaceae. It is native to the cloud forests of Central America and southern Mexico. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Quercus subspathulata is a Mexican species of plant in the family Fagaceae. It is native to western Mexico, found in the States of Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit, and Sinaloa. It is placed in Quercus section Quercus.

<i>Quercus rugosa</i> Species of oak tree

Quercus rugosa, commonly known as the netleaf oak, is a broad-leaved tree in the beech and oak family Fagaceae. It is native to southern North America.

<i>Quercus glaucoides</i> Species of oak tree

Quercus glaucoides is an oak species in the white oak section, Quercus section Quercus, found in and endemic to eastern, central and southern Mexico.

<i>Quercus delgadoana</i> Species of oak tree

Quercus delgadoana is an endangered species of oak in the family Fagaceae, found in eastern Mexico. It was originally misidentified as other members of the genus Quercus, but was determined as a new species in 2011.

<i>Quercus crassifolia</i> Species of oak tree

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

<i>Quercus deserticola</i> Species of oak tree

Quercus deserticola is a Mexican species of oaks in the beech family. It grows in central Mexico in the States of Guanajuato, México, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Querétaro, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Puebla, and Michoacán.

<i>Quercus glabrescens</i> Species of oak tree

Quercus glabrescens is a species of oak. It is endemic to the mountains of east-central Mexico.

<i>Quercus laeta</i> Species of oak tree

Quercus laeta is an oak species in the white oak section, Quercus section Quercus, in the beech family. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Sinaloa and Nuevo León south as far as Oaxaca.

<i>Quercus obtusata</i> Species of oak tree

Quercus obtusata is an oak in the white oak group endemic to Mexico, with a distribution ranging from San Luis Potosí and Nayarit south to Oaxaca, from 620 to 2800 MSL.

<i>Quercus peduncularis</i> Species of oak tree

Quercus peduncularis is an oak native to Mexico and Central America, ranging from Jalisco to Honduras.

<i>Quercus acutifolia</i> Species of oak tree

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

<i>Quercus calophylla</i> Species of oak tree

Quercus calophylla is a Mesoamerican species of oak tree. It is native to mountain forests of central and southern Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador. It has incorrectly been known as Quercus candicans.

<i>Quercus castanea</i> Species of oak tree

Quercus castanea is a species of oak tree. It is widespread across much of Mexico, from Sonora to Chiapas, and in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.

<i>Quercus crassipes</i> Species of oak tree

Quercus crassipes is a species of oak tree. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Sonora and Hidalgo south to Chiapas.

<i>Quercus elliptica</i> Species of oak tree

Quercus elliptica is a Mesoamerican species of oak tree. It is widespread across central and southern Mexico and Central America from Sinaloa and Hidalgo south as far as Nicaragua. It is classified in Quercus sect. Lobatae.

<i>Quercus mexicana</i> Species of oak tree

Quercus mexicana is a species of oak. It is widespread in eastern Mexico from Chiapas to Tamaulipas.

<i>Quercus urbani</i> Species of oak tree

Quercus urbani, also known as Quercus urbanii, is a species of oak. It is native to western and central Mexico from Sinaloa, Durango, and Zacatecas to Oaxaca. It was previously synonymized with Quercus pennivenia, but this was restored as an independent species in 2020.

<i>Quercus salicifolia</i> Species of oak tree

Quercus salicifolia is a species of oak. It is native to central and southern Mexico and Central America, from Jalisco to Panama.

Quercus affinis is a species of oak native only to Mexico, mostly to the Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests.

References

  1. Jerome, D. (2018). "Quercus laurina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T78968154A78968168. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T78968154A78968168.en . Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  2. The Plant List, Quercus laurina Bonpl.
  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. Tropicos, Quercus laurina Bonpl.
  6. Linares, J. L. 2003. Listado comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la república de El Salvador. Ceiba 44(2): 105–268
  7. González-Rodríguez A, Arias DM, Oyama K (2005). "Genetic variation and differentiation of populations within the Quercus affinisQuercus laurina (Fagaceae) complex analyzed with RAPD markers" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Botany. 83: 155–62. doi:10.1139/B04-162.