Quercus gentryi

Quercus gentryi is a species of oak in the beech family. It is native to western and north-western Mexico, from Sonora south to Michoacán and east as far as Guanajuato.[1]

Quercus gentryi
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. gentryi
Binomial name
Quercus gentryi

Description

Quercus gentryi is a short evergreen tree up to 15 meters tall with a trunk as much as 50 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and rigid, up to 18 cm long, with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.[1][2]

References

  1. McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:43-45 in English, with line drawings on page 44
  2. Muller, Cornelius Herman 1942. American Midland Naturalist 27(2): 474
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