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  Quercus revoluta
Author

Trel. 1924 Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 78

Diagnosis here

Synonyms revoluta f. dysophyllopsis Trel. 1924
Local names
Range Mexico (Puebla) ;
Growth habit less than 3 m tall;
Leaves 5-6 x 2-4 cm; evergreen; elliptic; margin entire, revolute; shiny, hairless above; densely rusty tomentose beneath;
Flowers
Fruits acorn 2 cm long; ovoid; mucronate; enclosed 1/2 by cup; cup scaly, 1.5-2 cm in diameter; maturing in 1 year;

Bark, twigs and
buds

Hardiness zone, habitat not hardy;
Miscellaneous -- A. Camus : n° 249 ;
-- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Leucomexicanae

Subspecies and
varieties
--- fo. acuta Trel. 1936 ; Nuevo Leon ;
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