Quercus laurina explained

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.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Q. laurina is a tree up to 30m (100feet) tall with a trunk as much as 50cm (20inches) or more in diameter. The leaves are thick and leathery, up to 15.5cm (06.1inches) long, elliptical sometimes with a few large teeth near the tip.^[1]

The species forms hybrids with Quercus affinis.^[5]

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1993

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87374#page/565/mode/1up 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
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46657#page/3/mode/1up McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/13100370?tab=specimens Tropicos, Quercus laurina Bonpl.
4. Linares, J. L. 2003. Listado comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la república de El Salvador. Ceiba 44(2): 105–268
5. González-Rodríguez A, Arias DM, Oyama K . Genetic variation and differentiation of populations within the Quercus affinis – Quercus laurina (Fagaceae) complex analyzed with RAPD markers . Canadian Journal of Botany . 2005 . 83 . 155–62 . 10.1139/B04-162 .