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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Quercus |
| Section: | Quercus sect. Quercus |
| Species: | Q. oocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus oocarpa | |
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Quercus oocarpa is a Mesoamerican species of oak.
It is native to Central America and southern Mexico, with an isolated population in the canyons of Jalisco in western Mexico.[3][4]
Description
[edit]Quercus oocarpa is a large forest tree frequently more than 25 metres (82 feet) tall, evergreen or deciduous, with a trunk as much as 100 centimetres (39 inches) in diameter. The leaves are sometimes as much as 45 cm (18 in) long, broadly egg-shaped with numerous small pointed teeth along the edges.[3]
Range and habitat
[edit]Quercus oocarpa ranges from southwestern Mexico (Nayarit, Jalisco, and Guerrero states, and possibly Chiapas), through Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica to Panama. Some specimens of Quercus insignis M.Martens & Galeotti from Chiapas have been confused with this species.[1]
It inhabits humid montane forests, including cloud forests and pine–oak–Liquidambar forests, between 1400 and 2000 meters elevation.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Mario González-Espinosa, Jorge A. Meave, Francisco G. Lorea-Hernández, Guillermo Ibarra-Manríquez and Adrian C. Newton, eds (2011). The Red List of Mexican Cloud Forest Trees. Fauna & Flora International, Cambridge, UK. 2011. ISBN 9781903703281
- ^ The Plant List, Quercus oocarpa Liebm.
- ^ a b McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:63-64 in English, with line drawing on page 64
- ^ Muller, C. H. 1942. The Central American species of Quercus. United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Plant Industry. Miscellaneous Publication 477: 1–216