''Quercus gentryi'' is a species of
oak. It is native to western and north-western Mexico, from
Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into 72 municipalities; the ...
south to
Michoacán and east as far as
Guanajuato.
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Description
''Quercus gentryi'' is a short evergreen
In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional through more than one growing season. This also pertains to plants that retain their foliage only in warm climates, and contrasts with deciduous plants, which ...
tree up to tall with a trunk as much as in diameter. The leaves are thick and rigid, up to long, with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.[McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:43-45]
in English, with line drawings on page 44[Muller, Cornelius Herman 1942. American Midland Naturalist 27(2): 474]
References
External links
photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Sinaloa in 1940
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gentryi
Endemic oaks of Mexico
Plants described in 1942
Flora of the Sierra Madre Occidental