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  Quercus texquitzinae
Author Trel. 1934 Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 315
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Range Mexico in the Sierra Madre del Sur (Texquitzin, near Chilopa); 2500 m;
Growth habit more than 3 m tall;
Leaves 9-14 x 5-8 cm; deciduous; sub-oboval; apex subacute; base cuneate; margin with 5 pairs of teeth in the apical half; beneath yellowish tomentose; 8 pairs of lateral veins impressed above, sometimes anastomoting; petiole 5-10 mm long;
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Bark, twigs and
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bark fissured;
Hardiness zone, habitat
Miscellaneous -- A.Camus : tome 2, p. 345, n° 200 (with Q. glaucescens);
-- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Leucomexicanae;
-- For today's Mexican Authors (Susana Valencia-Avalos, 2004) it is the synonym of Q.glaucescens.
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