Biology:Quercus coccolobifolia

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Short description: Species of oak tree

Quercus coccolobifolia
Scientific classification edit
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. coccolobifolia
Binomial name
Quercus coccolobifolia
Trel.
Synonyms[1]
  • Quercus coccolobaefolia Trel.

Quercus coccolobifolia is a species of oak. It is native to northern Mexico, from Sonora south to Jalisco and east as far as the San Luis Potosí precinct.[2]

Description

Quercus coccolobifolia is a short evergreen tree up to 15 metres (49 feet) tall with a trunk as much as 70 centimetres (28 inches) in diameter. The leaves are thick and rigid, up to 19 cm (7 12 in) long, with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.[2][3]

References

  1. "Quercus coccolobifolia Trel.", Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden, http://www.tropicos.org/Name/13100519?projectid=0 
  2. 2.0 2.1 McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:25-26 in English, with line drawings on page 25
  3. Trelease, William 1924. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 20: 136, plate 258, as Quercus coccolobaefolia

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q21010189 entry