Quercus diversifolia

Quercus diversifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Fagales
Family:Fagaceae
Genus:Quercus
Subgenus:Quercus subg. Quercus
Section:Quercus sect. Quercus
Species: Q. diversifolia
Binomial name
Quercus diversifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Quercus ambigua Bonpl.
  • Quercus bonplandiana Sweet
  • Quercus tomentosa var. diversifolia (Née) A.DC.

Quercus diversifolia is an uncommon North American species of oak native to Mexico. It has been found in the States of Nuevo León, Durango, México, and Puebla.[2]

Quercus diversifolia is a shrub or small tree 10–14 feet (3.0-4.2 meters) tall. Leaves are green on the upper surface, yellow-brown on the underside, with wavy edges.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Quercus diversifolia Née". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
  2. ↑ "Quercus diversifolia Née". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  3. ↑ Née, Luis 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3: 270-271 short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in Spanish
  4. ↑ Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: 51-53 short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in French, as Quercus ambigua
  5. ↑ Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: plant 93 full-page drawing, as Quercus ambigua
  • "Encyclopedia of Life".
  • "Consortium of Intermountain Herbaria".
  • photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1988


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