Quercus brandegeei

Quercus brandegeei is a rare Mexican species of plant in the beech family, Fagaceae, in the oak genus Quercus, series Virentes.[2] It has been found only in the southern part of the State of Baja California Sur in northwestern Mexico.[3]

Quercus brandegeei
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. Quercus
Series: Quercus ser. Virentes
Species:
Q. brandegeei
Binomial name
Quercus brandegeei

Quercus brandegeei is an evergreen tree up to 20 meters tall. Leaves are elliptical, not lobed, the blades up to 65 mm long and tapering at both ends, sometimes with no teeth on the edge but sometimes with a few pointed teeth.[4]

The species is listed as endangered by the IUCN Red List[5] and threatened by long-term climatic drying[6][7] and habitat loss.[8]

References
  1. Denvir, A. & Westwood, M. (2016). "Quercus brandegeei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T30726A2795363. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T30726A2795363.en.
  2. Cavender-Bares, Jeannine; González-Rodríguez, Antonio; Eaton, Deren; Hipp, Andrew; Beulke, Anne; S Manos, Paul (2015-06-12). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the American live oaks (Quercus subsection Virentes): A genomic and population genetics approach". Molecular Ecology. 24 (14): 3668–3687. doi:10.1111/mec.13269. PMID 26095958.
  3. SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter
  4. Goldman, Edward Alphonso 1916. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16: 321
  5. "Quercus brandegeei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  6. Cavender-Bares, Jeannine; González-Rodríguez, Antonio; Eaton, Deren; Hipp, Andrew; Beulke, Anne; S Manos, Paul (2015-06-12). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the American live oaks (Quercus subsection Virentes): A genomic and population genetics approach". Molecular Ecology. 24 (14): 3668–3687. doi:10.1111/mec.13269. PMID 26095958.
  7. Cavender-Bares, Jeannine; Ramírez-Valiente, José Alberto (2017). "Physiological Evidence from Common Garden Experiments for Local Adaptation and Adaptive Plasticity to Climate in American Live Oaks (Quercus Section Virentes): Implications for Conservation Under Global Change". Oaks Physiological Ecology. Exploring the Functional Diversity of Genus Quercus L. pp. 107–135. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-69099-5_4. ISBN 9783319690995.
  8. Nixon, K. et al. 1998. Quercus brandegeei Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 23 August 2007.


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