| Quercus pilarius | |
| Author | Trel. 1924 Mem. Nat. Acadd.
Sci. 20: 44 Diagnosis here |
| Synonyms | insignis subsp and var. pilarius
(Trel.)A.E.Murray 1983 yousei Trel. 1924 |
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| Range | Mexico (Chiapas); Guatemala; Honduras; Costa-Rica; |
| Growth habit | 4 25 m; |
| Leaves | 6-15(-24) cm x 2.5-4(-7); evergreen; moderately thick and hard; lanceolate to oblanceolate; apex acute; base cuneate to slightly cordate; margin flat or slightly revolute, coarsely crenate-serrate in the apical half, with mucronate teeth; shining and glabrous both sides, with occasional small pubescence on the midrib; 12-15 vein pairs, irregular, with sometimes some intermediates; veins remotely raised above, prominent beneath; petiole short (1-3 mm), thickened at base, glabrate; |
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Bark, twigs and |
twig slender, fluted, sparingly pilose and brown, quick glabrescent, with some raised lenticels; bud subglobose, 3 mm long, with ciliate scales; stipules more or less deciduous, 5-7 mm long, spatulate-ligulate, glabrous or with appressed hairs; |
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| Miscellaneous | -- Sub-genus Quercus,
Section Quercus, Series Leucomexicanae; -- Closely related to Q. oocarpa, but differs in having slender, glabrate twigs, and mature leaves hard and hairless or nearly so; -- Often considered as a synonym of Q. lancifolia. |
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