Report from the Oak ICRA checklist
Full Name: - Quercus acutifolia
| Quercus acutifolia Née Anales Ci. Nat. 3:267 (1801) | ||||
| Infrageneric Classification Subgenus Quercus, Section Lobatae | ||||
| Nomenclature Note See Valencia-Avalos, S & Flores Franco, Gabriel & Jiménez Ramírez, Jaime. (2015). A nomenclatural revision of Quercus acutifolia , Q. conspersa and Q. grahamii (Lobatae , Fagaceae). Phytotaxa. 218. 289. 10.11646/phytotaxa.218.3.7. | ||||
| Description See: Silvia Romero-R., Acta Botanica Mexicana 76: 20-24 (2006), as Q. conspersa | ||||
| Natural Distribution MEXICO: (Jalisco, Veracruz, Michoacán, México State, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas), CENTRAL AMERICA: GUATEMALA (Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, El Quiché, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Jalapa, Quetzaltenango, Sacatepéquez, San Marcos, Santa Rosa, Sol | ||||
| Conservation Status Rated as Least Concern (LC) in the The Red List of Oaks | ||||
| Nomenclatural Standard (Cultivar) or Type Type:—MÉXICO. Guerrero: más allá del Río Mezcala, de Acapulco a México. Née s.n., 1791 (lectotype MA25953!, designated by Breedlove on the specimen; isolectotypes: MA152482!, MA232909!, MA25953!, MA25954! y MA25955!). | ||||
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| Synonyms in this Database Quercus conspersa Benth. (1842) Quercus candolleana Trel. (1924) Quercus nitida M. Martens & Galeotti (1843) nom. illegit. Quercus uruapanensis Trel. (1924) Quercus correpta Trel. (1924) Quercus longifolia Raf. (1838) | ||||
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