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| Quercus floccosa | |
| Author | Liebm. 1854 Overs. Kongel. Danske Vidensk.
Selsk. Forh. Medlemmers Arbeider Diagnosis here |
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| Range | Mexico in the
Sierra Madre Oriental (Vera Cruz, Orizaba Pike at 2600-3300 m ) ; |
| Growth habit | more than 3
m tall; |
| Leaves |
7-16 x 6-9 cm; oval or elliptic; apex subacute or obtuse, mucronate; base rounded or subcordate; entire or remotely dentate near apex, undulate or crispate; rough above at first (short hairs), then hairless except on veins; flaky beneath, with a stellate tomentum hardly persistent; 8 pairs of lateral veins, impressed obove and raised beneath, at an angle of 35-40° with the midrib; petiole 1-1.6 cm long; |
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| Fruits | |
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Bark, twigs and |
twig 3-4 mm long, sulcate, becoming dark red, flaky-tomentose; |
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| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : tome 3, p. 73, n° 302; -- Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, Series Erythromexicanae; |
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