Quercus urbanii

Short description: Species of oak tree

Quercus urbanii

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. Lobatae
Species:  |

Q. urbanii

Binomial name
Quercus urbanii

Trel. 1921

Synonyms

List

* Quercus pennivenia Trel.

Quercus urbanii is a species of oak. It is native to western and central Mexico from Sinaloa, Durango, and Zacatecas to Oaxaca.[1][2]

Quercus urbanii is a deciduous tree up to 10 metres (33 feet) tall with a trunk as much as 30 centimetres (12 inches) in diameter. The leaves are thick and leathery, up to 30 cm long, broadly egg-shaped (almost round), with pointed teeth along the edges.[1][3]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
2. ↑ McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
3. ↑ Martínez Martínez, M. 1951. Los encinos de México y Centroamérica. Anales del instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional de México 22(2): 351–368

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