Quercus oocarpa

Quercus oocarpa
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
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. Quercus
Species:	Q. oocarpa
Binomial name
	Quercus oocarpa; Liebm.
Synonyms
	List Quercus oöcarpa Liebm. ; Quercus glabrescens Seemen ; Quercus insignis subsp. oocarpa (Liebm.) A.E.Murray ; Quercus insignis var. oocarpa (Liebm.) A.E.Murray ; Quercus warszewiczii Liebm. ; Quercus yunckeri Trel. ;

Quercus oocarpa is a Mesoamerican species of oak.

It is native to Central America and southern Mexico, with an isolated population in the canyons of Jalisco in western Mexico.^[3]^[4]

Description[edit]

Quercus oocarpa is a large forest tree frequently more than 25 metres (82 feet) tall, evergreen or deciduous, with a trunk as much as 100 centimetres (39 inches) in diameter. The leaves are sometimes as much as 45 cm (18 in) long, broadly egg-shaped with numerous small pointed teeth along the edges.^[3]

Range and habitat[edit]

Quercus oocarpa ranges from southwestern Mexico (Nayarit, Jalisco, and Guerrero states, and possibly Chiapas), through Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica to Panama. Some specimens of Quercus insignis M.Martens & Galeotti from Chiapas have been confused with this species.^[1]

It inhabits humid montane forests, including cloud forests and pine–oak–Liquidambar forests, between 1400 and 2000 meters elevation.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Mario González-Espinosa, Jorge A. Meave, Francisco G. Lorea-Hernández, Guillermo Ibarra-Manríquez and Adrian C. Newton, eds (2011). The Red List of Mexican Cloud Forest Trees. Fauna & Flora International, Cambridge, UK. 2011. ISBN 9781903703281
^ The Plant List, Quercus oocarpa Liebm.
^ ^a ^b McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:63-64 in English, with line drawing on page 64
^ Muller, C. H. 1942. The Central American species of Quercus. United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Plant Industry. Miscellaneous Publication 477: 1–216

[redlist-1] Mario González-Espinosa, Jorge A. Meave, Francisco G. Lorea-Hernández, Guillermo Ibarra-Manríquez and Adrian C. Newton, eds (2011). The Red List of Mexican Cloud Forest Trees. Fauna & Flora International, Cambridge, UK. 2011. ISBN 9781903703281

[2] The Plant List, Quercus oocarpa Liebm.

[tammy-3] McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:63-64 in English, with line drawing on page 64

[4] Muller, C. H. 1942. The Central American species of Quercus. United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Plant Industry. Miscellaneous Publication 477: 1–216

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