Quercus coffeicolor explained

Quercus coffeicolor is a species of oak. It is native to Nayarit, Sinaloa, and Jalisco in western Mexico.

Trelease in 1924[1] simultaneously published three names for what nearly all present-day botanists consider to be one species. Some publications have referred to this taxon as Quercus prainiana but this name turns out to have been used earlier, in 1913,[2] applied to an Asian species now called Quercus helferiana. Hence this name is not available for the Mexican trees. Instead, more recent authors been using one of Trelease's other names, Quercus coffeicolor.

The species is placed in section Lobatae.[3]

Description

Quercus coffeicolor is a tree up to 12m (39feet) tall, with a trunk up to 30cm (10inches) in diameter. The leaves are elliptical, up to 12 cm long, wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Trelease, William 1924. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 20: 137-138
  2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7036#page/372/mode/1up Léveillé, Augustine Abel Hector. 1913. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 12(330–332): 363
  3. Web site: Denk . Thomas . Grimm . Guido W. . Manos . Paul S. . Deng . Min . Hipp . Andrew L. . 2017 . Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks . figshare . 2023-02-18 . xls . amp .
  4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46657#page/75/mode/1up McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:71-73