Quercus sideroxyla

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Quercus sideroxyla
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Quercus sideroxyla in Hackfalls Arboretum
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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. sideroxyla
Binomial name
Quercus sideroxyla
Synonyms
List
    • Quercus epileucaTrel.
    • Quercus incarnataTrel.
    • Quercus incarnata f. amplaTrel.
    • Quercus incarnata f. grosseserrataTrel.
    • Quercus incarnata f. longa]]Trel.
    • Quercus omissaA.DC.
    • Quercus sideroxyla f. aquifoliaTrel.
    • Quercus sideroxyla f. ciliiferaTrel.

Quercus sideroxyla, called the Santa Rosa oak and encino colorado, is a species of oak native to northern and southwestern Mexico. [3] Used for charcoal production, it prefers to grow at elevations from 1,800 to 2,700 metres (5,900 to 8,900 feet). [4] It is placed in section Lobatae. [5]

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References

  1. Jerome, D. 2018. Quercus sideroxyla. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T78976811A78976814. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T78976811A78976814.en. Accessed 27 February 2023.
  2. F.W.H.A.von Humboldt & A.J.A.Bonpland, Pl. Aequinoct. 2: 39 (1809)
  3. "Quercus sideroxyla Bonpl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. Peñaloza-Ramírez, Juan Manuel; González-Rodríguez, Antonio; Mendoza-Cuenca, Luis; Caron, Henri; Kremer, Antoine; Oyama, Ken (2010). "Interspecific gene flow in a multispecies oak hybrid zone in the Sierra Tarahumara of Mexico". Annals of Botany. 105 (3): 389–399. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcp301 .
  5. Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017-11-02). "Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks" (xls). figshare. Retrieved 2023-02-17.