Quercus hintonii

{{Short description|Species of oak tree}}

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|status = EN|status_system = IUCN3.1

|genus = Quercus

|display_parents = 2

|parent = Quercus sect. Lobatae

|species = hintonii

|authority = E.F.Warb.

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-173076 The Plant List, Quercus hintonii E.F.Warb. ]

|synonyms =

• Quercus apiophylla E.F.Warb.
• Quercus ochroesthes E.F.Warb.
• Quercus sagata E.F.Warb.

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Jerome, D. |date=2018 |title=Quercus hintonii |volume=2018 |page=e.T30732A2795593 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T30732A2795593.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

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Quercus hintonii is a rare species of oak. It is endemic to the central Mexican State of Mexico.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87374#page/565/mode/1up Romero Rangel, S., E. C. Rojas Zenteno & M. L. Aguilar Enríquez. 2002. El género Quercus (Fagaceae) en el estado de México. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89(4): 551–593] in Spanish, with line drawings of each species

It is a deciduous tree growing up to {{Convert|15|m|abbr=off}} tall with a trunk as much as {{Convert|50|cm|abbr=off}} in diameter. The leaves are thick and leathery, up to 21 cm long, elliptical or egg-shaped, very often with no teeth or lobes but sometimes with a few pointed teeth.Warburg, Edmund Frederic 1939. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1939: 91

The species is threatened by habitat loss.