Quercus xalapensis
| Quercus xalapensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Species: | Q. xalapensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus xalapensis Bonpl. 1809 | |
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Quercus xalapensis, or xalapa oak, is a species of oak in the red oak group (Quercus section Lobatae). It is native to Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador. Honduras, and Nicaragua) and to Mexico as far north as Hidalgo and Sinaloa.[1][2][3][4]
Quercus xalapensis is a large tree with a trunk 40-80 cm in diameter. Leaves are lance-shaped, up to 10 cm long, with numerous teeth along the edge, each tooth tapering to a long, thin point.[5][6]
The species is threatened by habitat loss in parts of its native range.[7]
References
- ↑ Linares, J. L. 2003 [2005]. Listado comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la república de El Salvador. Ceiba 44(2): 105–268
- ↑ Nelson Sutherland, C. H. 2001 [2002]. Plantas descritas originalmente de Honduras y sus nomenclaturas equivalentas actuales. Ceiba 42(1): 1–71.
- ↑ Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246
- ↑ Tropicos, Quercus xalapensis Bonpl.
- ↑ Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: 24-26 short description in Latin, longer description plus commentary and figure captions in French
- ↑ Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: plate 75 drawing of Quercus xalapensis
- ↑ Nixon, K. et al. 1998. Quercus xalapensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.
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