Report from the Oak ICRA checklist
Full Name: - Quercus prainiana
| Quercus prainiana Trel. (1924) nom. illegit. as "Q. Praineana" is a synonym of Quercus coffeicolor Trel. (1924) |
| Infrageneric Classification Subgenus Quercus, Section Lobatae |
| Etymology Named for Sir David Prain (1857-1944) director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. |
| Nomenclature Note A later homonym of Q. prainiana H. Lév. (1913), itself an heterotypic synonym of Q. helferiana A. DC. (1864). Trelease's name is now regarded as an heterotypic synonym of Q. coffeicolor Trel. (1924) |
| Natural Distribution MEXICO: (Described from mountains ner Etzaltan, Jalisco) |
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