Quercus vicentensis
Appearance
Quercus vicentensis | |
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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. vicentensis
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Binomial name | |
Quercus vicentensis Trel.
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Quercus vicentensis is a species of oak tree in the family Fagaceae, native to southern Mexico and northern Central America.[2] It is placed in section Quercus.[3]
Distribution and habitat
Quercus vicentensis is endemic to forest habitats in southern Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Guerrero, Michoacán, and Oaxaca states), El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.[2][1]
It grows in humid montane forests between 1,200–1,900 metres (3,900–6,200 ft) elevation.[1]
Conservation
Quercus vicentensis is threatened with habitat loss from extensive deforestation throughout its range.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Carrero, C. & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. 2020. Quercus vicentensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T34685A2854276. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T34685A2854276.en. Accessed 1 October 2022.
- ^ a b c Quercus vicentensis Trel. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 5 February 2023.
- ^ Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017). "Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks" (xls). figshare. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
External links
- Google Books: "The Central American Species of Quercus" — Quercus vincentensis (Quercus comasaguana); by Cornelius Herman Muller, USDA.
- Oaks of the World: Quercus vicentensis
Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Quercus
- Oaks of Mexico
- Cloud forest flora of Mexico
- Flora of El Salvador
- Flora of Guatemala
- Flora of Honduras
- Trees of Southwestern Mexico
- Trees of Central America
- Trees of Chiapas
- Flora of the Chiapas Highlands
- Sierra Madre de Chiapas
- Taxa named by William Trelease
- Quercus stubs