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Quercus tuitensis | |
Author | L.M.Gonzalez-Villareal 2003 Brittonia 55: 42 |
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Range | Mexico (Jalisco); 980-1400 m; |
Growth habit | 3-15 m tall; |
Leaves | 6-14 cm x 2-5; deciduous; very polymorphic; elliptic lanceolate; leathery; apex acute, base rounded or cordate; margin entire; hairless above ; axillary tufts beneath; 7-15 vein pairs; petiole 1-2 cm long; |
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Fruits | acorn 1-1.5 cm long; singly to 4 on a thin, very short peduncle; cup enclosing 1/3 of nut, with reddish, glabrous scales; maturing in 2 years; |
Bark, twigs and |
bark blackish, very rough; |
Hardiness zone, habitat | not hardy; dry tropical forests; |
Miscellaneous | -- Sub-genus Quercus, section
Lobatae, Series Erythromexicanae; -- Threatened (IUCN Red List Category : VU). -- Closely related to Q.coffeicolor. |
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