Quercus potosina explained

Quercus potosina is a species of oak. It is native to northern Mexico, from Chihuahua, Durango, and Jalisco east as far as San Luis Potosí. It is placed in Quercus section Quercus.^[1]

Description

Quercus potosina is a shrub or small tree up to 7m (23feet) tall, and is drought-deciduous. The leaves are round or egg-shaped, up to 9cm (04inches) long, with numerous small pointed teeth along the edges.^[2]

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in San Luis Potosí in 1878

Notes and References

1. 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 . 2023-02-24 . xls . amp .
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46657#page/67/mode/1up McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:63-64