Quercus iltisii

Quercus iltisii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species: Q. iltisii
Binomial name
Quercus iltisii
L.M.González 2003[1]
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Quercus iltisii is an uncommon Mexican species of oak in the beech family. It is has been found only in a small region in the States of Jalisco and Colima in western Mexico.[2]

Description

Quercus iltisii is an evergreen tree up to 25 meters tall, with a trunk sometimes as much as 100 cm in diameter. Leaves are thin, flat, narrowly lance-shaped, hairless on the upper surface but hairy on the underside, up to 18 cm long.[2]

References

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