Quercus xalapensis

Quercus xalapensis
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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. xalapensis
Binomial name
	Quercus xalapensis; Bonpl.
Synonyms
	List Quercus cupreata Trel. & C.H.Müll. ; Quercus cupreata f. serrata Trel. & C.H.Müll. ; Quercus huitamalcana Trel. ; Quercus paxtalensis C.H.Mull. ; Quercus runcinatifolia f. alata Trel. & C.H.Müll. ; Quercus sartorii Liebm. ; Quercus sartorii f. magna Trel. ; Quercus serra Liebm. 1854 not Unger 1845 ; Quercus sierramadrensis C.H.Mull. ; Quercus tenuiloba C.H.Mull. ; Quercus tenuiloba f. gracilis C.H.Mull. ; Quercus tenuiloba f. hirsuta C.H.Mull. ; Quercus vexans Trel. ; Quercus xalapensis f. jalapae Trel. ; Quercus xalapensis f. surculina Trel. ;

Quercus xalapensis, or xalapa oak, is a species of oak in the red oak group (Quercus section Lobatae). It is native to Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua) and to Mexico as far north as Hidalgo and Sinaloa.[1][2][3][4]

Quercus xalapensis is a large tree with a trunk 40–80 cm in diameter. Leaves are lance-shaped, up to 10 cm long, with numerous teeth along the edge, each tooth tapering to a long, thin point.[5][6]

References

Jerome, D. (2018). "Quercus xalapensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T34686A2854345. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
Nelson Sutherland, C. H. 2001 [2002]. Plantas descritas originalmente de Honduras y sus nomenclaturas equivalentas actuales. Ceiba 42(1): 1–71.
Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246
Tropicos, Quercus xalapensis Bonpl.
Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: 24-26 short description in Latin, longer description plus commentary and figure captions in French
Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: plate 75 drawing of Quercus xalapensis

External links

Missouri Botanical Garden.org: Photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nicaragua (1999)

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[IUCN-1] Jerome, D. (2018). "Quercus xalapensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T34686A2854345. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[2] Nelson Sutherland, C. H. 2001 [2002]. Plantas descritas originalmente de Honduras y sus nomenclaturas equivalentas actuales. Ceiba 42(1): 1–71.

[3] Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246

[4] Tropicos, Quercus xalapensis Bonpl.

[5] Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: 24-26 short description in Latin, longer description plus commentary and figure captions in French

[6] Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: plate 75 drawing of Quercus xalapensis