Quercus corrugata
Quercus corrugata | |
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Herbarium specimen of Quercus corrugata | |
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. Quercus |
Species: | Q. corrugata
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Binomial name | |
Quercus corrugata Hook.
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Quercus corrugata is a species of oak found in Central America and Mexico.[2]
Description
Quercus corrugata is a large deciduous tree, growing up to 60 meters tall. It has long straight trunk which can reach 2.5 meters in diameter.[3] It has very large acorns, which are produced in large quantities during episodic mast-seeding events.[1]
Range and habitat
Quercus corrugata ranges from southern Mexico thorugh Central America to western Panama.[1]
In Mexico it is found in the southern Sierra Madre Oriental of Hidalgo, Veracruz, and Puebla states through the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, Sierra de los Tuxtlas, Chiapas Highlands, and Sierra Madre de Chiapas. In Central America it is found in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas of Guatemala and El Salvador, the Guatemalan Highlands, the Maya Mountains of Belize, the Chortis Highlands of Honduras and Nicaragua, and the Cordillera de Talamanca of Costa Rica and western Panama.[1]
It inhabits humid montane cloud forests between 700 and 2,200 meters elevation.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Jerome, D. 2018. Quercus corrugata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T89963078A89963082. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T89963078A89963082.en. Accessed 27 February 2023.
- ^ a b Quercus corrugata Hook. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 26 February 2023.
- ^ Quercus corrugata. Oaks of the World. Accessed 1 March 2023.
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Quercus
- Oaks of Mexico
- Trees of Central America
- Cloud forest flora of Mexico
- Flora of the Central American pine–oak forests
- Flora of the Central American montane forests
- Flora of the Chiapas Highlands
- Flora of Los Tuxtlas
- Flora of the Sierra Madre Oriental
- Flora of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca
- Sierra Madre de Chiapas
- Flora of the Talamancan montane forests
- Plants described in 1842