Quercus laurina

Quercus laurina is a species of oak. It is native primarily to Mexico (from Tamaulipas to Chiapas) and has also been found in Guatemala and El Salvador.^[3][4][5][6]

Quercus laurina
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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. laurina
Binomial name
Quercus laurina Humb. & Bonpl.
Synonyms[2]
List Dryopsila laurina (Bonpl.) Raf. Quercus barbinervis Benth. Quercus bourgaei Oerst. ex Hemsl. Quercus bourgaei var. ilicifolia Trel. Quercus caeruleocarpa Trel. Quercus castanea var. tridens (Bonpl.) A.DC. Quercus chrysophylla Bonpl. Quercus lanceolata Bonpl. Quercus lanceolata var. undulatodentata A.DC. Quercus laurina Liebm. ex A.DC. Quercus laurina var. barbinervis (Benth.) Wenz. Quercus laurina var. major (A.DC.) Wenz. Quercus major (A.DC.) Trel. Quercus malinaltepecana Trel. Quercus nitens var. major A.DC. Quercus orizabae Liebm. Quercus roseovenulosa Trel. Quercus salicifolia Benth. Quercus salicifolia var. tlapuxahuensis (A.DC.) Wenz. Quercus tlapuxahuensis A.DC. Quercus tlapuxahuensis var. obconica Trel. Quercus treleaseana A.Camus Quercus tridens Bonpl.

Q. laurina is a tree up to 30 metres (98 feet) tall with a trunk as much as 50 centimetres (20 inches) or more in diameter. The leaves are thick and leathery, up to 15.5 cm (6 in) long, elliptical sometimes with a few large teeth near the tip.^[3]

The species forms hybrids with Quercus affinis.^[7]

References

1. Jerome, D. (2018). "Quercus laurina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T78968154A78968168. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T78968154A78968168.en. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
2. The Plant List, Quercus laurina Bonpl.
3. 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
4. McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
5. Tropicos, Quercus laurina Bonpl.
6. Linares, J. L. 2003. Listado comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la república de El Salvador. Ceiba 44(2): 105–268
7. González-Rodríguez A, Arias DM, Oyama K (2005). "Genetic variation and differentiation of populations within the Quercus affinis – Quercus laurina (Fagaceae) complex analyzed with RAPD markers" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Botany. 83: 155–62. doi:10.1139/B04-162.

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1993