Quercus acutifolia

Quercus acutifolia is a species of oak tree. 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
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Section: Quercus sect. Lobatae
Species:
Q. acutifolia
Binomial name
Quercus acutifolia
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.

It is a deciduous tree growing up to 12 metres (39 feet) tall with a trunk as much as 30 centimetres (12 inches) in diameter. The 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 its leaves until winter and can withstand about -10 °C.

Quercus acutifolia in Hackfalls Arboretum

References
  1. Wenzell , K.; Kenny, L. (2015). "Quercus acutifolia". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2015). doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T78803712A78803830.en.
  2. "Quercus acutifolia Née". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
  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


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