Quercus hintonii
Quercus hintonii is an rare Mexican species of tree in the beech family. It is endemic to the State of México in the central part of the Republic of Mexico.[3]
| Quercus hintonii | |
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Scientific 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. hintonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus hintonii | |
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Quercus hintonii is a deciduous tree up to 15 meters tall with a trunk as much as 50 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 21 cm long, elliptical or egg-shaped, very often with no teeth or lobes but sometimes with a few pointed teeth.[3][4]
Quercus hintonii is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- Jerome, D. (2018). "Quercus hintonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T30732A2795593. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T30732A2795593.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- The Plant List, Quercus hintonii E.F.Warb.
- Romero Rangel, S., E. C. Rojas Zenteno & M. L. Aguilar Enríquez. 2002. El género Quercus (Fagaceae) en el estado de México. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89(4): 551–593 in Spanish, with line drawings of each species
- Warburg, Edmund Frederic 1939. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1939: 91
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