Quercus affinis

Quercus affinis is a species of oak native only to Mexico, mostly to the Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests. With its laurel-like leaves it can be confused with its close relative Q. laurina, with which it easily hybridizes in the wild.[3] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]

Quercus affinis
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. affinis
Binomial name
Quercus affinis
Scheidw.[2] non M.Martens & Galeotti
Synonyms
  • Quercus affinis f. commutata (Liebm.) Trel.
  • Quercus affinis f. subintegra (A.DC.) Trel.
  • Quercus affinis var. typica A.Camus
  • Quercus commutata Liebm.
  • Quercus lancifolia Benth.
  • Quercus nitens M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Quercus nitens var. subintegra A.DC.

References
  1. Jerome, D. (2018). "Quercus affinis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 208: e.T78803728A78803791. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T78803728A78803791.en.
  2. Hort. Belge 4: 321 (1837)
  3. González-Rodríguez, Antonio; Oyama, Ken (21 April 2005). "Leaf morphometric variation in Quercus affinis and Q. laurina (Fagaceae), two hybridizing Mexican red oaks". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 147 (4): 427–435. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00394.x. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  4. "Quercus affinis". Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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