Quercus acutifolia

Quercus acutifolia
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Species:	Q. acutifolia
Binomial name
Quercus acutifolia Née 1801 not Bonpl. 1809 nor A.DC. 1864
Synonyms[2]
List Quercus acutifolia f. abrupta Trel. Quercus acutifolia var. bonplandii A.DC. Quercus anglohondurensis C.H.Mull. Quercus conspersa f. caudata Trel. Quercus conspersa f. ovatifolia Trel. Quercus grahamii Benth. Quercus grahamii f. brevipes Trel. Quercus grahamii var. nelsonii Trel. Quercus monserratensis C.H.Mull. Quercus sartorii Botteri ex A.DC. Quercus tenuiaristata Trel. Quercus tonaguiae Trel.

Quercus acutifolia is a Mexican species of oak tree in the family beech family. It is native to central and southern Mexico and northern Central America, from Nayarit south as far as Belize and Guatemala.^[3][4]

Quercus acutifolia is a deciduous tree up to 12 meters tall with a trunk as much as 30 cm in diameter. Leaves are stiff and leathery, rigid, narrowly elliptical, up to 16 cm long, dark green on the top and lighter green underneath, with 8–14 bristly teeth on each side.^[3]It retains it's leaves until winter and can withstand about minus 10° C.

References

1. Wenzell , K. & Kenny, L. (2015). "Quercus acutifolia". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2015). Retrieved 23 January 2016.
2. The Plant List, Quercus acutifolia Née
3. 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
4. McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93