Quercus castanea

Quercus castanea is a Mexican species of oak tree in the beech family. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Sonora to Chiapas.[2][3]

Quercus castanea
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. castanea
Binomial name
Quercus castanea Née
Synonyms[1]
List Quercus alamosensis Trel. Quercus axillaris E.Fourn. ex Trel. Quercus circummontana Trel. Quercus consociata Trel. Quercus crassivenosa Trel. Quercus impressa Trel. Quercus lanigera M.Martens & Galeotti Quercus mucronata Willd. Quercus pulchella Bonpl. Quercus rossii Trel. Quercus scherzeri Trel. Quercus seleri Trel. Quercus serrulata Trel. Quercus simillima Trel. Quercus spathulistipula Trel. Quercus subcrispata Trel. Quercus tepoxuchilensis Trel. Quercus tristis Liebm. Quercus verrucosirama Trel.

Quercus castanea is a deciduous tree up to 15 meters tall with a trunk as much as 80 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 116 mm long, elliptical with numerous pointed teeth along the edges.[2]

References

1. "Quercus castanea 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

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Oaxaca in 1894