Quercus diversifolia
{{Short description|Species of oak tree}}
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| genus = Quercus
| display_parents = 2
| parent = Quercus sect. Quercus
| species = diversifolia
| authority = Née
| synonyms =
- Quercus ambigua Bonpl.
- Quercus bonplandiana Sweet
- Quercus tomentosa var. diversifolia (Née) A.DC.
|synonyms_ref = {{ThePlantList |id=kew-172523 |taxon=Quercus diversifolia |authority=Née}}
}}
Quercus diversifolia is an uncommon North American species of oak native to Mexico. It has been found in the states of Nuevo León, Durango, México, and Puebla.{{Tropicos|50146377|Quercus diversifolia|Née}}
Quercus diversifolia is a shrub or small tree {{Convert|3-4.2|m|abbr=off|frac=2}} tall. The leaves are green on the upper surface, yellow-brown on the underside, with wavy edges.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8009572#page/271/mode/1up Née, Luis 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3: 270-271] short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in Spanish[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/279195#page/118/mode/1up Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: 51-53] short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in French, as Quercus ambigua[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/279195#page/120/mode/1up Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: plant 93] full-page drawing, as Quercus ambigua
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://eol.org/pages/1151652/overview|title=Encyclopedia of Life}}
- {{cite web|url=http://symbiota.org/intermountain/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=46916|title=Consortium of Intermountain Herbaria}}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100013507 photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1988]
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Category:Endemic oaks of Mexico
Category:Plants described in 1801
Category:Taxa named by Aimé Bonpland
Category:Flora of the Sierra Madre Occidental
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