| Quercus splendens | |
| Author |
Née 1801 Anales Ci. Nat. 3: 275 Diagnosis here |
| Synonyms | crassifolia
Benth. 1840, nom. illeg., not Bonpl. 1809 glauca Oerst. in Liebm., not Thunb. sororia Liebm. 1854 |
| Local names | |
| Range | Mexico,
Pacific slope (Durango, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morales, Guerrero,
Oaxaca, Nayarit, Sinaloa) ; 1000-2300 m ; |
| Growth habit | 8-15
metres tall; trunk 20-50 cm in diameter; |
| Leaves | 6-18
x 2-6 cm; deciduous; leathery;ovate, elliptic or obovate; apex obtuse
or rounded, often emarginate; base rounded, more or less symetrical, sometimes
cordate; margin thickened, revolute, cartilaginous, undulate or dentate
with 1-5 pairs of teeth mucronate or not; adaxially glaucous or grey-green,
hairless; beneath glaucous or yellowish green,, with short 8-rays, sessile,
multiradiate trichomes scattered on the blade, and numerous simple, appressed
trichomes along midrib ; 11-14 vein pairsshiny green, slightly curved,
impressed above, prominent beneath; epidermis not bullate, bloomy glaucous,
papillose; petiole 5-9 mm long, reddish or black, hairless; |
| Flowers | staminate
catkins 2-8 cm long, hairy; |
| Fruits | acorn 0.7- cm long, 1.2-1.5 cm in diameter; singly or to 3 together; short peduncle 0.5-1 cm long; enclosed 2/3 to 4/5 by cup; cup 0.9-1.6 cm in diameter, with thick scales; maturing in 1 year in July-August; cotyledons connate, differing from Q. polymorpha which has distinct cotyledons; |
|
Bark, twigs and |
bark
remotely furrowed, grey, rough; twigs 2 mm thick, brown, with numerous
pale yellow lenticels, raised; bud pointed, 2-3 mm long, with ciliate
and pubescent scales; stipules 5-8 mm long, pubescent, deciduous except
around terminal bud; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | not quite hardy; prefers dry, rocky sites; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 204; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus; sub-section Glaucoideae; -- Related to Q. polymorpha, which differs in having longer petioles, more lanceolate and dentate leaves on vigorous shots, cotyledons free, and living on Atlantic slope of Mexico and in Central America. |
| Subspecies and varieties |
|
| Pictures |
|
