Quercus laeta explained

Quercus laeta is an oak species in the white oak section, Quercus section Quercus, in the beech family. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Sinaloa and Nuevo León south as far as Oaxaca.^{[1] [2]}

Description

Quercus laeta is a tree up to 10m (30feet) tall with a trunk up to 40cm (20inches) in diameter. The leaves are dark green, thick and leathery, up to 40 cm long with a few shallow teeth along the edges.^[1]

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1992

Notes and References

1. 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.

   . 10.2307/3298595. 3298595 .
2. McVaugh . R. . 1974 . Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae . Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium . 12 . 1,3 . 50-53.