Quercus oocarpa

Quercus oocarpa is a Mesoamerican species of oak in the beech family. It is native to Central America and eastern Mexico, with an isolated population in canyons of Jalisco in western Mexico.[2][3]

Quercus oocarpa
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
Species:
Q. oocarpa
Binomial name
Quercus oocarpa
Synonyms[1]

Description

Quercus oocarpa is a large forest tree frequently more than 25 meters tall, evergreen or deciduous, with a trunk as much as 100 cm in diameter. Leaves are sometimes as much as 45 cm long, broadly egg-shaped with numerous small pointed teeth along the edges.[2]

References

  1. The Plant List, Quercus oocarpa Liebm.
  2. McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:63-64 in English, with line drawing on page 64
  3. Muller, C. H. 1942. The Central American species of Quercus. United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Plant Industry. Miscellaneous Publication 477: 1–216
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