Quercus obtusata
| Quercus obtusata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Section: | Lobatae |
| Species: | Q. obtusata |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus obtusata Bonpl. 1809 | |
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Quercus obtusata is a species of plant in the Fagaceae family. It is endemic to Mexico, with a distribution ranging from San Luis Potosí and Nayarit south to Oaxaca.[2][3]
Quercus obtusata is a tree up to 20 meters tall with a trunk sometimes more than 60 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 22 cm long, widely egg-shaped with 3-9 pairs of shallow rounded lobes or undulations.[3][4][5]
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Quercus obtusata Bonpl.
- ↑ McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
- 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
- ↑ Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: 26-27 diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in French
- ↑ Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: plate 76 drawing of Quercus obtusata
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