Quercus acutifolia
Species of oak tree
Quercus acutifolia | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Family: | Fagaceae |
Genus: | Quercus |
Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Quercus |
Section: | Quercus sect. Lobatae |
Species: | Q. acutifolia |
Binomial name | |
Quercus acutifolia | |
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Quercus acutifolia, many synonyms including Quercus conspersa, is a species of oak tree.[2] It is native to central and southern Mexico and northern Central America, from Nayarit south as far as Belize and Guatemala.[3][4]
It is placed in Quercus section Lobatae.[5]
It is a deciduous tree growing up to 12 metres (39 feet) tall with a trunk as much as 30 centimetres (12 inches) in diameter. The leaves are stiff and leathery, rigid, narrowly elliptical, up to 16 cm long, dark green on the top and lighter green underneath, with 8–14 bristly teeth on each side.[3] It retains its leaves until winter and can withstand about -10 °C.
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References
- ^ Wenzell, K.; Kenny, L. (2015). "Quercus acutifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T78803712A78803830. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T78803712A78803830.en. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Quercus acutifolia Née". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ a b 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
- ^ McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
- ^ Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017). "Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks" (xls). figshare. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
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