Quercus_confertifolia

<i>Quercus confertifolia</i>

Quercus confertifolia

Species of plant

Quercus confertifolia, synonym Quercus gentryi, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fagaceae, native to northern and southwestern Mexico.[2]

This article is about Quercus confertifolia Bonpl. For Quercus confertifolia Torr., see Quercus hypoleucoides.

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Description

Under the synonym Quercus gentryi, the species was described as a short evergreen tree up to 15 metres (49 feet) tall with a trunk as much as 50 centimetres (20 inches) in diameter. The leaves are thick and rigid, up to 18 cm (7 in) long, with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.[3]

Taxonomy

Quercus confertifolia was first described by Aimé Bonpland in 1810.[4] Quercus confertifolia Torr., published in 1859 (and so a later homonym), has been used to refer to Quercus hypoleucoides.[5]

Under the synonym Quercus gentryi, Denk et al. in 2017 placed the species in Quercus section Lobatae.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Jerome, D. (2018). "Quercus confertifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  2. [2]
    "Quercus confertifolia Bonpl.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-02-28
  3. [3]
    Muller, Cornelius Herman (1942), "Quercus gentryi", Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium, vol. 12, part I, no. 3, pp. 43–45, retrieved 2023-02-28
  4. [4]
    "Quercus confertifolia Bonpl.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2023-02-28
  5. [5]
    "Quercus hypoleucoides A.Camus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  6. [6]
    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


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