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  Quercus floccosa
Author Liebm. 1854 Overs. Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forh. Medlemmers Arbeider
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Range Mexico (Vera Cruz, Orizaba Pike at 2600-3300 m ) ;
Growth habit more than 3 m tall;
Leaves large, oval elliptic, remotely dentate, rough, flaky beneath, margin not revolute;
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Miscellaneous -- A. Camus : 302;
-- Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, Series Erythromexicanae;
-- Close to Q.x dysophylla Benth. 1840
-- For today's Mexican Authors (Susana Valencia-A., 2004), this species described by Liebmann is not currently valid ; it may be a hybrid, or a morpholigical variety...
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