| Quercus vicentensis | |
| Author |
Trel. 1924 Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 59 Diagnosis here |
| Synonyms | comasaguana Trel. 1922 Diagnosis here siltepecana Matuda 1955 |
| Local names | |
| Range | Central
America (El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras, SE Mexico); |
| Growth habit | tall
tree; |
| Leaves | 7-10 (-15) x 2-3.5 (-6) cm; evergreen; moderately thick and hard; oblong to lanceolate or oblanceolate; apex acute, sometimes more or less rounded; base round or cuneate; margin flat or weakly revolute, entire or coarsely dentate in the apical half; adaxially dull, with sparse glandular hairs becoming glabrous except along midrib near base; abaxially waxy-glaucous, with a rather persistent tawny tomentum; 12-15 pairs of irregular secondary veins, forked and anastomosing alond margin, somewhat impressed above, very prominent beneath; petiole 5 mm long, with persistent stellate pubescence or glabrescent; |
| Flowers | male catkins 3-4 cm long, with puberulent rachis low-flowered; pistillate inflorescences 1.5-2 cm long, glandular pubescent, with 2-3 flowers; |
| Fruits | |
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Bark, twigs and |
twigs about 2 mm. thick, obscurely fluted, from dark brown becoming gray, puberulent at first then glabrous, with prominent lenticels; bud hairless, brown, subglobose; stipules deciduous, thin, pubescent, 6 mm long; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | |
| Miscellaneous | --
Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Leucomexicanae; -- Threatened (IUCN Red List Category : VU). --Warning : Q.comayaguana Trel. = Q.elliptica ! |
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| Pictures |
More pictures HERE
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