Quercus salicifolia

Quercus salicifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Species:	Q. salicifolia
Binomial name
	Quercus salicifolia; Née 1801 not Steud. 1841 nor Benth. 1840
Synonyms
	List Cerris salicifolia (Née) Raf. ; Quercus acapulcensis Trel. ; Quercus acherdophylla Trel. ; Quercus duratifolia C.H.Mull. ; Quercus rubramenta Trel. ; Quercus tahuasalana Trel. ;

Quercus salicifolia is a Mesoamerican species of oak in the beech family. It is native to Central America and to central and southern Mexico, from Jalisco to Panamá.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Description

Quercus salicifolia is a tree up to 25 meters tall, with a trunk up to 100 cm in diameter. Leaves narrowly lance-shaped, up to 20 cm long, with no teeth or lobes.^[2]^[6]

The epithet "salicifolia" means "willow-leaved" alluding to the resemblance between the leaves of Q salicifolia and those of several species of Salix.

References

^ The Plant List, Quercus salicifolia Née
^ ^a ^b McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:77-80 in English, with line drawing on page 78
^ Berendsohn, W.G., A. K. Gruber & J. A. Monterrosa Salomón. 2009. Nova silva cuscatlanica. Árboles nativos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29(1): 1–438
^ Morales Quirós, J. F. 2015. Santalaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. VIII. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 131: 13–36
^ Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
^ Née, Luis 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3: 265-267 short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in Spanish

External link

photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Panamá in 1938

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[1] The Plant List, Quercus salicifolia Née

[tammy-2] McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:77-80 in English, with line drawing on page 78

[3] Berendsohn, W.G., A. K. Gruber & J. A. Monterrosa Salomón. 2009. Nova silva cuscatlanica. Árboles nativos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29(1): 1–438

[4] Morales Quirós, J. F. 2015. Santalaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. VIII. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 131: 13–36

[5] Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá

[6] Née, Luis 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3: 265-267 short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in Spanish

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