Quercus deserticola is a Mexican species of oaks in the beech family. It grows in central Mexico in the States of Guanajuato, México, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Querétaro, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Puebla, and Michoacán.[3][4]

Quercus deserticola
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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. deserticola
Binomial name
Quercus deserticola
Synonyms[2]
  • Quercus alveolata Trel.
  • Quercus bipedalis Trel.
  • Quercus tamiapensis C.H.Mull.
  • Quercus texcocana Trel.

Description

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Quercus deserticola is a shrub or small tree sometimes as much as 7 metres (23 feet) in height, with gray bark. The twigs are yellow-green and densely hairy. The leaves are oblong, hairy, semi-leathery, up to 85 millimetres (3+14 inches) long, sometimes toothless but other times with 2–5 teeth on either side, the teeth sometimes arranged asymmetrically.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Jerome, D.; Kenny, L.; Wenzell, K.; Beckman, E. (2018). "Quercus deserticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T78911205A78911298. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T78911205A78911298.en. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Quercus deserticola Trel.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  3. ^ McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
  4. ^ 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
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