Quercus confertifolia, synonym Quercus gentryi, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fagaceae, native to northern and southwestern Mexico.[2]

Quercus confertifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Section: Quercus sect. Lobatae
Species:
Q. confertifolia
Binomial name
Quercus confertifolia
Synonyms[2]
  • Quercus gentryi C.H.Mull.
  • Quercus mexicana var. confertifolia (Bonpl.) Wenz.
  • Quercus mexicana f. confertifolia (Bonpl.) Trel.
  • Quercus mexicana f. glabrata Trel., nom. illeg.

Description

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Under the synonym Quercus gentryi, the species was described as a short evergreen tree up to 15 metres (49 feet) tall with a trunk as much as 50 centimetres (20 inches) in diameter. The leaves are thick and rigid, up to 18 cm (7 in) long, with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.[3]

Taxonomy

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Quercus confertifolia was first described by Aimé Bonpland in 1810.[4] Quercus confertifolia Torr., published in 1859 (and so a later homonym), has been used to refer to Quercus hypoleucoides.[5]

Under the synonym Quercus gentryi, Denk et al. in 2017 placed the species in Quercus section Lobatae.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Jerome, D. (2018). "Quercus confertifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  2. ^ a b c "Quercus confertifolia Bonpl.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-02-28
  3. ^ Muller, Cornelius Herman (1942), "Quercus gentryi", Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium, vol. 12, part I, no. 3, pp. 43–45, retrieved 2023-02-28
  4. ^ "Quercus confertifolia Bonpl.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2023-02-28
  5. ^ "Quercus hypoleucoides A.Camus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  6. ^ Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017), "Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks" (xls), figshare, retrieved 2023-02-24