Quercus hintonii
| Quercus hintonii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Species: | Q. hintonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus hintonii E.F.Warb. 1939 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Quercus hintonii is an rare Mexican species of tree in the beech family. It is endemic to the State of México in the central part of the Republic of Mexico.[2]
Quercus hintonii is a deciduous tree up to 15 meters tall with a trunk as much as 50 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 21 cm long, elliptical or egg-shaped, very often with no teeth or lobes but sometimes with a few pointed teeth.[2][3]
Quercus hintonii is threatened by habitat loss. [4]
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Quercus hintonii E.F.Warb.
- 1 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
- ↑ Warburg, Edmund Frederic 1939. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1939: 91
- ↑ Nixon, K. et al. 1998. Quercus hintonii Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.
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