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Quercus crispipilis | |
Author | Trel. 1924 Mem. Natl. Acad.
Sci. 20: 184 Diagnosis here |
Synonyms | brachystachys f. caerulea Trel.
1924 brachystachys f. venulosa Trel. 1924 chimaltenangana Trel. 1933 Diagnosis here aristigera Trel. 1933 Diagnosis here chichavacana Trel. 1933 Diagnosis here pannosifolia C.H.Muller 1937 crispipilis var. pannosifolia (C.H.Muller) C.H.Muller 1942 cerifera Trel. 1924 cinnamomea Trel. 1924 skutchii Trel. 1933 (A.Camus n° 341) Diagnosis here |
Local names | |
Range | Mexico
(Chiapas); |
Growth habit | more
than 10 m tall; |
Leaves | 3-10
cm long, 1-4 wide; semi-evergreen; thin but stiff; oblong or elliptic;
base rounded to cordate, seldom cuneate; apex rounded or remotely acute,
bristle-tipped; marginthick, flat or remotely revolute, entire or wavy-crispate,
or even sometimes slightly dentate with very shallow sinuses; dark lustrous
green, hairless above except sometimes along midrib; paler beneath with
stellate, curly, tawny, variably persistent tomentum; epiderm smooth or
slightly bullate; 12-15 vein pairs, straight or slightly curved, impressed
adaxially; petiole less than 0.5 cm, slightly pubescent; |
Flowers | |
Fruits | acorn
1-1.5 cm, ovoid or slightly cylindrical, light brown; singly or paired
on a short peduncle less than 1 cm long; cup turbinate, with margin rolled
inward, enclosing at least 1/2 of nut, with pubescent scales; |
Bark, twigs and |
bark
grey, slightly fissured; twig thin (1.5-3 mm thick), pubescent during
more than one year, brown, later grey, with some prominent lenticels;
bud 2-5 mm, ovoid, with glabrous scales; stipules deciduous, pubescent;
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Hardiness zone, habitat | hardiness zone : 7; |
Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 340; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Lobatae, Series Erythromexicanae, Group Crispipiles; -- For Govaerts, 2007, Q. chimaltenangana Trel. 1933 (Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 33: 62 1933) is a true species, in Guatemala. -- For Tracey Parker (Trees of Guatemala, 2008), Q. crispipilis var. pannosifolia is a true species, synonym of Q. skutchii. |
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