Quercus acatenangensis

Quercus acatenangensis is species of oak.[2] It is a tree native to mountains of Oaxaca and Chiapas states in southern Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador.[1]

Quercus acatenangensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Section: Quercus sect. Lobatae
Species:
Q. acatenangensis
Binomial name
Quercus acatenangensis
Trel. (1924)
Synonyms[2]
  • Quercus acutifolia var. longifolia A.DC. (1864)
  • Quercus longifolia Liebm. (1854), nom. illeg.
  • Quercus xalapensis var. longifolia (A.DC.) Wenz. (1884)

Quercus acatenangensis grows 25 to 30 meters tall, with a trunk up to 1 meter in diameter. It is native to pine-oak forests in the eastern Sierra Madre del Sur, southern Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, Chiapas Highlands, and Sierra Madre de Chiapas, from 1,500 to 2,900 meters elevation.[1]

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