Quercus coccolobifolia
| Quercus coccolobifolia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Species: | Q. coccolobifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus coccolobifolia Trel. 1924 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Quercus coccolobifolia is a Mexican species of oak in the beech family. It is native to northern Mexico, from Sonora south to Jalisco and east as far as San Luis Potosí.[2]
Description
Quercus coccolobifolia is a short evergreen tree up to 15 meters tall with a trunk as much as 70 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and rigid, up to 19 cm long, with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Tropicos, Quercus coccolobifolia Trel.
- 1 2 McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:25-26 in English, with line drawings on page 25
- ↑ Trelease, William 1924. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 20: 136, plate 258, as Quercus coccolobaefolia
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