Quercus crassipes

Quercus crassipes
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. crassipes
Binomial name
Quercus crassipes
Synonyms[1]

Quercus crassipes is a Mexican species of oak tree in the beech family. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Sonora and Hidalgo south to Chiapas.[2][3]

Quercus crassipes is a tree up to 17 meters tall with a trunk as much as 100 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 108 mm long, elliptical with wavy edges no teeth or lobes.[2][4][5]

References

  1. "Quercus conspersa Benth.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew via The Plant List.
  2. 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
  3. McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
  4. Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: 37-38
  5. Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: plate 83 drawing of Quercus crassipes


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