Quercus conspersa
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Quercus conspersa Benth. 1842
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Quercus conspersa is a Mesoamerican species of oak tree in the beech family. It is widespread across western Mexico and northern Central American from Jalisco to Honduras.[2][3][4]
Quercus conspersa is a tree up to 9 meters tall with a trunk as much as 50 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 22 cm long, elliptical with no teeth or lobes but a tapering tip.[2]
References
- ^ The Plant List, Quercus conspersa Benth.
- ^ a b 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
- ^ McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
- ^ Muller, C. H. 1942. The Central American species of Quercus. United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Plant Industry. Miscellaneous Publication 477: 1–216
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