Quercus laeta
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Scientific classification 
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| 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. laeta
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Quercus laeta is an oak species in the white oak section, Quercus section Quercus, in the beech family. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Sinaloa and Nuevo León south as far as Oaxaca.[2][3]
Description
Quercus laeta is a tree up to 10 meters tall with a trunk up to 40 cm in diameter. Leaves are dark green, thick and leathery, up to 40 cm long with a few shallow teeth along the edges.[2]
References
- ^ "Quercus laeta Liebm.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ a b Romero Rangel, S.; Rojas Zenteno, E. C.; Aguilar Enríquez, M. L. (2002). "El género Quercus (Fagaceae) en el estado de México". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 89 (4): 551–593. doi:10.2307/3298595: in Spanish, with line drawings of each species.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ McVaugh, R. (1974). "Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae". Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium. 12 (1, 3): 50-53.