Quercus microphylla

Quercus microphylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Species:	Q. microphylla
Binomial name
	Quercus microphylla; Née 1801 not Thiébaut 1948
Synonyms
	List Cerris microphyla (Née) Raf. ; Quercus frutex var. uhdeana Trel. ; Quercus macrocarpa Endl. 1808 not Michx. 1801 ; Quercus microphylla var. uhdeana (Trel.) A.Camus ; Quercus repanda Benth. 1840 not Michx. 1801 ;

Quercus microphylla is a Mexican species of oak in the beech family. It is widespread from Oaxaca as far north as Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Tamaulipas.^[2]^[3]

Description

Quercus microphylla is a shrub rarely more than 60 cm tall, forming dense mats several meters across. Leaves are tiny compared to most other species in the genus, usually less than 35 mm long.^[2]^[4]

References

^ The Plant List, Quercus microphylla Née
^ ^a ^b McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:59-60 in English, with line drawing on page 59
^ Tropicos, Quercus microphylla Née
^ Née, Luis. 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3: 264-265 short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in Spanish

External links

photo of herbarium specimen collected in Coahuila in 1990

[1] The Plant List, Quercus microphylla Née

[tammy-2] McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:59-60 in English, with line drawing on page 59

[3] Tropicos, Quercus microphylla Née

[4] Née, Luis. 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3: 264-265 short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in Spanish

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