Quercus coccolobifolia
| Quercus coccolobifolia | |
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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. Lobatae |
| Species: | Q. coccolobifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Quercus coccolobifolia | |
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Quercus coccolobifolia is a Mexican species of oak in the beech family. It is native to northern Mexico, from Sonora south to Jalisco and east as far as the San Luis Potosí precinct.[2]
Description
Quercus coccolobifolia is a short evergreen tree up to 15 meters tall with a trunk as much as 70 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and rigid, up to 19 cm long, with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Quercus coccolobifolia Trel.". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- ^ a b McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:25-26 in English, with line drawings on page 25
- ^ Trelease, William 1924. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 20: 136, plate 258, as Quercus coccolobaefolia