Quercus lancifolia

	Quercus lancifolia
Author	Schltdl. & Cham. 1830 Linnaea 5: 78, not Benth. 1840
Synonyms	aaata C.H.Muller 1942 Diagnosis here boqueronae Trel. 1924 Diagnosis here cyclobalanoides Trel. 1915 Diagnosis here excelsa Liebm. 1854 Diagnosis here lancifolia Liebm. ex A.DC 1864 lancifolia var. monocarpa Wenz. 1884 lancifolia f. subintegra Trel. 1924 lancifolia f. pilosicuscula Wenz. 1884 leiophylla A.DC 1864 Diagnosis here molinae C.H.Muller 1950 Diagnosis here ovandensis Matuda 1950 pilgeriana Seemen 1904 reeevesii Trel. 1924 Diagnosis here
Local names
Range	Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla); Guatemala,; 700 - 2400 m;
Growth habit	4-20 (-35) m, with a trunk 30-50 cm and more in diameter;
Leaves	7-15 x 3-6 cm; mostly oblanceolate, to elliptic, seldom oblong; leathery; apex broadly acuminate, mucronate or not; base cuneate or sometimes rounded; margin slightly thickened, flat or remotely revolute, cartilaginous, crenate or serrate-dentate in apical 1/2, with 3-7 pairs of mucronate teeth sometimes curved towards foliar apex, mucronate or not; adaxially green or grey-green to yellowish-green, lustrous, almost glabrous with some slender, 2-rayed fasciculate, appressed hairs along midvein or at least toward the base; lower face identical to upper one; 10-13 vein pairs, rather straight, prominent on both surfaces; epidermis smooth, not pruinose; petiole hairless or not, 3-8 mm long;
Flowers	male inflorescences 4-6 cm, pistillate ones 1-2 cm with 1 or 2 flowers;
Fruits	acorn 2.5 cm long, 1-1.3 cm in diameter; mucronate; pale brown; 1-2 on short peduncle; enclosed 1/3 to 1/2 by cup; cup halfround or shallower, 2.5 cm in diameter, with tuberculate, not basally thickened scales, and straight rim; maturing in 1 year;
Bark, twigs and buds	bark almost smooth, light brown, peeling into thin, flat scales; twigs 1-2.5 mm thick, variably pilose; pale grey lenticels; buds hairless or not, subglobose, 2-3,5 mm long; stipules 4-7 mm long, silky, variably persistent;
Hardiness zone, habitat	not quite hardy (zone 9). Montane evergreen forests.
Miscellaneous	-- A. Camus : n° 292 ; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Leucomexicanae; -- Q. lancifolia Benth. (nom. illeg.) = Q. affinis -- Hybridizes with Q.bumelioides and Q.insignis; -- Often considered as a synonym of Q. corrugata, which differs in having elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate leaves with 11-18 secondary veins and 8-16 pairs of mucronate leaves on the blade except on the base, fruits are up to 2-2.3 cm long x 1.5-2 cm wide
Subspecies and varieties
Pictures	drawing Exsiccata boqueronae

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