| Quercus revoluta | |
| Author |
Trel. 1924 Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 78 Diagnosis here |
| Synonyms | revoluta f. dysophyllopsis Trel. 1924 |
| Local names | |
| Range | Mexico
(Puebla) ; |
| Growth habit | less
than 3 m tall; |
| Leaves | 5-6
x 2-4 cm; evergreen; elliptic or oblanceolate-elliptic; apex rounded or
obtuse; base rounded, possibly attenuate; margin entire, strongly revolute,
sometimes with teeth in the apical half; shiny, hairless above except
sometimes on the midrib; densely rusty tomentose beneath; |
| Flowers | male catkin 3-5 cm, tomentose, with loose flowers; perianth hairy with oval lobes, connate, obtuse; anthers ovoid, hairless; long stamens; female carkin 1-2 cm long with 2-3 flowers; stigmas thick; |
| Fruits | acorn
2 cm long; ovoid; mucronate; enclosed 1/2 by cup; cup halfround, with
appressed tomentose scales, 1.5-2 cm in diameter; maturing in 1 year;
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Bark, twigs and |
twig 3 mm long, sulcate, tomentose then glabrous; bus brown, shiny; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | not
hardy; |
| Miscellaneous | -- A. Camus : tome 2, p. 647,
n° 249 ; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Leucomexicanae -- For S. Valencia-A. 2004, as for Govaerts 2007, it is a synonym of Q. repanda Bonpl. |
| Subspecies and varieties |
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fo. acuta Trel. 1936 ; Nuevo Leon ; |
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