Quercus elliptica

Quercus elliptica is a Mesoamerican species of oak tree. It is widespread across central and southern Mexico and Central America from Sinaloa and Hidalgo south as far as Nicaragua.[2][3][4][5]

Quercus elliptica
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. elliptica
Binomial name
Quercus elliptica
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Quercus atrescentirhachis Trel.
  • Quercus botryocarpa Trel.
  • Quercus chiquihuitillonis Trel.
  • Quercus coccinata Trel.
  • Quercus comayaguana Trel.
  • Quercus exaristata Trel.
  • Quercus guayabalana Trel.
  • Quercus hondurensis Trel.
  • Quercus lanceolata M.Martens & Galeotti ex A.DC.
  • Quercus langlassei Trel.
  • Quercus linguifolia Liebm.
  • Quercus nectandrifolia Liebm.
  • Quercus oajacana Liebm.
  • Quercus peradifolia E.F.Warb.
  • Quercus porriginosa Trel.
  • Quercus pubinervis M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Quercus salicifolia var. oajacana (Liebm.) Wenz.
  • Quercus yoroensis Trel.
  • Quercus yoroensis var. aguanana Trel.

Quercus elliptica is a tree growing up to 15 metres (49 feet) tall with a trunk as much as 70 centimetres (28 inches) in diameter. The leaves are thick and leathery, up to 12 cm (4+3⁄4 in) long, elliptical with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.[2][6]

References
  1. "Quercus elliptica Née". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
  2. 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
  3. McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
  4. García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
  5. Nelson Sutherland, C. H. 2001. Plantas descritas originalmente de Honduras y sus nomenclaturas equivalentas actuales. Ceiba 42(1): 1–71.
  6. Née, Luis 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3(9): 278 short diagnosis in Latin, description in Spanish


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