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Quercus peduncularis is an oak native to Mexico and Central America,[1] ranging from Jalisco to Honduras.[2][3][4][5][6]

It is placed in the white oak group, Quercus section Quercus.[7]

Description

Quercus peduncularis is a small tree growing up to 4 metres (13 feet) tall. The leaves are thick and leathery, up to 10 centimetres (4 inches) long, lance-shaped or egg-shaped with 9–14 pairs of pointed teeth on the edges.[3]

Distribution

Quercus peduncularis is native to central, southeastern and southwestern Mexico, including Veracruz, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Quercus peduncularis Née". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  2. ^ McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Muller, C. H. 1942. The Central American species of Quercus. United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Plant Industry. Miscellaneous Publication 477: 1–216
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246
  7. ^ Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017). "Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks" (xls). figshare. Retrieved 2023-02-24.

External links

Media related to Quercus peduncularis at Wikimedia Commons


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