Quercus magnoliifolia explained

Quercus magnoliifolia, also known as encino amarillo, encino avellano, encino bermejo, encino blanco, encino napis, encino prieto, and roble,^[1] is a Mexican species of oak. It is widespread along the Pacific Coast of Mexico from Sinaloa to Chiapas, and also found inland as far as Zacatecas and Puebla.^{[2] [3]}

It was classified and described in 1801 by the French-Spanish botanist Luis Née.^[4]

Quercus magnoliifolia is a deciduous tree up to 20m (70feet) tall with a trunk as much as 60cm (20inches) in diameter. The leaves are thick and leathery, up to 22cm (09inches) long, widely egg-shaped, with wavy edges or sometimes shallow teeth, green on the top but covered with yellowish hairs on the underside.^[4]

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden collected in Nayarit in 1849

Notes and References

1. Web site: Quercus magnoliifolia Née. National Mexican Institute of Ecology. 16 April 2013.
2. Romero Rangel . S. . E. C. . Rojas Zenteno . M. L. . Aguilar Enríquez . 2002 . El género Quercus (Fagaceae) en el estado de México . Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden . 89 . 4 . 561–564 . es .

   line drawing of Q. magnoliifolia on page 563.

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3. McVaugh . R. . 1974 . Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae . Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium . 12 . 1,3 . 55-57.
4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8009570#page/269/mode/1up Née, Luis 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3: 268-269