Quercus crassifolia

Quercus crassifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
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[2]

Quercus crassifolia is a Mexican species of oaks in the beech family. It is widespread from Sonora and Chihuahua to Veracruz and Chiapas.[3][4][5] It has also been found in Guatemala.[6]

Quercus crassifolia is a shrub or small tree sometimes reaching as much as 15 meters in height. The shoots are covered with many yellow or light brown branching hairs. Leaves are broadly egg-shaped with the widest part distant from the stem, up to 20 cm (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.[5][7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Plant Name Details for Quercus crassifolia" (HTML). International Plant Names Index (IPNI). International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI).
  2. ↑ "Quercus crassifolia Bonpl.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
  3. ↑ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter distribution map and photos of herbarium specimens
  4. ↑ Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246
  5. 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
  6. ↑ McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
  7. ↑ Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: 49-50 diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in French
  8. ↑ Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: plate 91 drawing of Quercus crassifolia
  9. ↑ Oaks of the World
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