| Quercus galeottii | |
| Author | Mart. & Gal. 1843 Bull. Acad. Roy.
Sci. Bruxelles 10(1): 220 Diagnosis here |
| Synonyms | |
| Local names | |
| Range | Mexico in the warm zone of the Sierra Madre Oriental (Vera-Cruz) ; 800 - 1800 m ; |
| Growth habit | 20-25 m; |
| Leaves | 12-18 x 6-7 cm; oboval-lanceolate, sometimes narrowly oblanceolate; base cuneate attenuate; apex pointed; concolorous or nearly so; margin entire near base, apical 3/4 shallowly crenate-dentate with short, numerous teeth; 15-16 pairs of lateral veins, slightly raised above, prominent beneath, at an angle of 40° with the midrib, anastomosing at the margin; petiole 0.5-2 cm long, hairless; |
| Flowers | |
| Fruits | acorn
2.5-4.5 cm long, broadly ovoid or globose,3-4 cm in diameter; mucronate;
enclosed 1/3 by cup; cup 3.5-4 cm in diameter, with tomentose, pointed
scales; |
|
Bark, twigs and |
twig strong, glabrescent, with numerous lenticels; bud small, ovoid, glabrescent; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | not hardy; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : tome 2, p. 777, n° 286; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Leucomexicanae; -- Actually, for several Authors it is a hybrid between Q.insignis and Q.lancifolia; |
| Subspecies and varieties |
|
| Pictures |  |