Quercus martinezii

Quercus martinezii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species: Q. martinezii
Binomial name
Quercus martinezii
C.H.Mull. 1954

Quercus martinezii is a Mexican species of tree in the beech famiy. It has been found in Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca, and Chiapas.[1][2][3][4]

Quercus martinezii is a tall forest tree up to 25 meters tall with a trunk 50 cm or more in diameter. Leaves are thick and stiff, gray-green on the upper surface, lighter on the underside, lance-shaped or egg-shaped with irregular teeth.[3]

References

  1. Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246
  2. García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
  3. 1 2 McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12: 57-59 in English with line drawing on page 58
  4. Nixon, K. et al. 1998. Quercus martinezii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.


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