Quercus urbanii
Quercus urbanii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Family: | Fagaceae |
Genus: | Quercus |
Section: | Lobatae |
Species: | Q. urbanii |
Binomial name | |
Quercus urbanii Trel. 1921 | |
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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 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 2 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
- ↑ McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
- ↑ 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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