''Quercus salicifolia'' is a species of
oak. It is native to central and southern Mexico and Central America, from
Jalisco
Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...
to
Panama.
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Description
''Quercus salicifolia'' is a tree up to tall, with a trunk up to in diameter. The leaves
A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...
are narrowly lance-shaped, up to long, with no teeth or lobes.[McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:77-80]
in English, with line drawing on page 78Née, Luis 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3: 265-267
short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in Spanish
The epithet ''"salicifolia"'' means "willow-leaved" alluding to the resemblance between the leaves of ''Q. salicifolia'' and those of several species of ''
Salix.''
References
External links
photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Panamá in 1938
salicifolia
Trees of Central America
Oaks of Mexico
Plants described in 1801
Flora of the Sierra Madre del Sur
Flora of the Central American pine–oak forests
Flora of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca
Flora of the Sierra Madre Oriental
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