Quercus laeta

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

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.[2][3]

Description

Quercus laeta is a tree up to 10 meters tall with a trunk up to 40 cm in diameter. Leaves are dark green, thick and leathery, up to 40 cm long with a few shallow teeth along the edges.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Quercus laeta Liebm.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
  2. 1 2 Romero Rangel, S.; Rojas Zenteno, E. C.; Aguilar Enríquez, M. L. (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): 50-53.
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