Biology:Quercus gentryi

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Short description: Species of oak tree

Quercus gentryi
Quercus gentryi.jpg
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. gentryi
Binomial name
Quercus gentryi
C.H.Mull.

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

Description

Quercus gentryi is a short evergreen tree up to 15 metres (49 feet) tall with a trunk as much as 50 centimetres (20 inches) in diameter. The leaves are thick and rigid, up to 18 cm (7 in) long, with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15338314 entry