Quercus vaseyana

Quercus vaseyana (also called Vasey oak) is a species of tree in the beech family. It grows in northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Nuevo León) and in the US state of Texas.[4][5]

Quercus vaseyana
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. Quercus
Species:
Q. vaseyana
Binomial name
Quercus vaseyana
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Quercus sillae Trel.
  • Quercus pungens subsp. vaseyana (Buckley) A.E. Murray
  • Quercus pungens var. vaseyana (Buckley) C.H. Mull.
  • Quercus undulata var. vaseyana (Buckley) C.H. Mull.
  • Quercus undulata var. vaseyana (Buckley) Rydb.

Quercus vaseyana is a shrub or small tree up to 10 meters (33 feet) tall. Bark is brown. Leaves narrow, up to 9 cm (3.6 inches) long, thick and leathery, with a few teeth or shallow lobes.[5]

References
  1. "Quercus vaseyana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2017. data
  2. "Quercus vaseyana Buckley". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  3. "Quercus vaseyana Buckley". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
  4. "Quercus vaseyana". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  5. Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus vaseyana". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 3. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.


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