| Quercus galeanensis | |
| Author |
C.H.Muller 1936 J. Arnold Arbor. 17: 173 Diagnosis here |
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| Local names | |
| Range | Mexico (Nuevo
Leon, Tamaulipas) ; |
| Growth habit | less than 3
m tall; |
| Leaves | 2-3 cm long,
1-1.5 wide; persistent 2 years; thick and leathery; oblong, elliptical
to oblanceolate; base truncate or subcordate, sometimes obtuse; apex pointed,
aristate; margin slightly revolute, entire or with 1-3 pairs of bristled
teeth near apex; lustrous green, glabrous above; slightly paler beneath
with some axillary tufts, with some glandular hairs but without stellate
trichomes; held verticaly ascending, somewhat appressed to vertical twigs;
midvein raised above; 5-8 vein pairs, with few intermediate veins, flat
above, prominent below, weakly anastomosing; epidermis papillose ; petiole
more or less glabrous, 3-7 cm long; |
| Flowers | female inflorescences 2-8 mm long, with 1-2 flowers; |
| Fruits | acorn small (0.9 cm x 0.7-0.8), dark brown, stripped; singly ; sessile or nearly so; scattered in leaf axils; cup halfround, enclosing 1/2 of the nut; maturing in 1 year, in October; |
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Bark, twigs and |
twig thin (2-3 mm thick), with dense, stellate hairs at first, becoming hairless, sulcate; bud 2-3 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, ovoid or sometimes globose, with ciliate oval scales; lenticels not conspicuous. |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardiness zone : 7; on dry slopes ; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 370; -- Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, -- Threatened (IUCN Red List Category : EN). -- Related to Q. saltillensis. -- Resembles Q. affinis, but the leaves of this species are mostly lanceolate, to elliptic; -- Possible confusion with Q. depressa but this one has elliptical to elliptic-oboval, subcoriaceous leaves, and the base is rounded to cuneate. |
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