Quercus excelsa

Quercus excelsa
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Species:	Q. excelsa
Binomial name
	Quercus excelsa; Liebm. 1854

Quercus excelsa is a Mexican species of trees in the beech family. It has a disjunct (discontinous) distribution, having been found only in two states, Veracruz in eastern Mexico and Jalisco in western Mexico.^[1]^[2]

Quercus excelsa is a large forest tree up to 30 meters tall with a trunk 100 cm or more in diameter. Leaves are up to 22 cm long, sometimes with no lobes or teeth but sometimes with undulations or sharp teeth, green on the top, whitish and waxy on the underside.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:39-40 in English with line drawing on page 39
^ Nixon, K. et al. 1998. Quercus excelsa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.

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[w-1] McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:39-40 in English with line drawing on page 39

[2] Nixon, K. et al. 1998. Quercus excelsa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.

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