Quercus urbanii

Quercus urbanii is a Mexican species of trees in the beech family. It is native to western and central Mexico from Sinaloa, Durango, and Zacatecas to Oaxaca.[1][2]

Quercus urbanii
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. urbanii
Binomial name
Quercus urbanii
Trel. 1921
Synonyms

Quercus urbanii is a deciduous tree up to 10 meters tall with a trunk as much as 30 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 30 cm long, broadly egg-shaped (almost round), with pointed teeth along the edges.[1][3]

References

  1. 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
  2. McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
  3. Martínez Martínez, M. 1951. Los encinos de México y Centroamérica. Anales del instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional de México 22(2): 351–368


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