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| Quercus obtusanthera | |
| Author | Trel. 1934 Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 318 |
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| Range | Mexico in the Sierra Madre del Sur (Guerrero); 2000 m; |
| Growth habit | |
| Leaves | 6 x 5 cm; deciduous; lanceolate; both ends attenuate; tomentum soon deciduous; 10 pairs of lateral veins ; petiole thon 1-1.5 cm long; |
| Flowers | male catkin 3-6 cm; anthers ellipsoid, obtuse, slightly emarginate; female catkin to 5 mm, 1-2-flowered; stigmas thin, recurved; |
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Bark, twigs and |
twig thin, becoming grey, with ellipsoid lenticels; bud ellipsoid 3 mm long, glabrescent, brown, shiny; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | Zone 9-10; |
| Miscellaneous | -- A. Camus : tome 3, p. 290,
n° 406; -- Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae; subsection Salicifoliae; -- Taxonomic status problematic; for today's Mexican Authors (Susana Valencia-A., 2004), this species described by Trelease is not currently valid ; it may be a hybrid, or a morpholigical variety... |
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