Quercus candicans
Quercus candicans is a Mesoamerican species of oak tree in the beech family. It is native to central and southern Mexico (Chihuahua, Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico City, Mexico State, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz) and Guatemala. It grows from 1,200 to 2,700 m of altitude in wet montane forests, preferring calcareous soils.[2][3][4][5]
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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. candicans |
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| Quercus candicans | |
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Quercus candicans is a deciduous tree 8 to 25 meters tall[5] with a trunk as much as 100 cm in diameter. Leaves are stiff and leathery, rigid, up to 235 mm long, egg-shaped with numerous pointed teeth along the edges.[2]
References
- "Quercus acutifolia Née". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
- 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
- McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1952. Fagaceae. In Flora of Guatemala - Part III. Fieldiana, Botany 24(3): 369–396
- Oaks of the World, entry "Quercus candicans"
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