| Quercus martinezii | |
| Author | C.H.Muller 1953 Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 24: 274 |
| Synonyms | |
| Local names | cortitucuz |
| Range | Mexico
(Jalisco, Michoacan, Guerrero, Mexico, Nayarit, Oaxaca) ; 800-2700 m ;
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| Growth habit | 6-25
m tall, trunk to 20-50 cm in diameter, or more; |
| Leaves |
10-20 x 3-9 cm; deciduous; thick, leathery; oblanceolate, oboval or elliptic; apex acute or acuminate; base rounded, or cordate, often asymmetrical; margin cartilaginous, slightly thickened, rolled under, entire or usually with 3-6 pairs of obtuse, mucronate teeth ; greyish green, lustrous above, hairless or with pubescence ramaining along midrib; dull glaucous beneath under a dense pale grey tomentum made of sessile 10-12 arms trichomes and golden wormlike glandular hairs; 8-14 vein pairs, prominent below; epidermis bullate, papillose; petiole 0.6-2 cm, tomentose; |
| Flowers | in
April; male catkins 6-14 cm long, with hairy axis; |
| Fruits | acorn
1.5-2 cm long; pale brown; paired or 3-4 together; peduncle 2-6 cm long;
cup half-round with tomentose scales enclosing 1/3 to 1/2 of nut; maturing
in 1 year; |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark
scaly, brown; twigs 2-5 mm thick, with a grey, persistent tomentum, during
more than 1 year; yellowish white, prominent lenticels, 1mm long; buds
ovoid, 2-3 mm long, pubescent; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | not quite hardy (?); |
| Miscellaneous | --
Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Leucomexicanae; -- Possible confusion with Q. scytophylla, but this one is in the Lobatae Section, hence it has aristate teeth instead of mucros. |
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