Quercus laceyi

Quercus laceyi, the Lacey oak, is a small to medium-size deciduous oak tree which is native to northeastern Mexico (Coahuila and Nuevo León) and to the Texas Hill Country in central Texas in the United States.[3][4]

Lacey oak
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. Quercus
Species:
Q. laceyi
Binomial name
Quercus laceyi
Natural range of Quercus laceyi
Synonyms[2]
  • Quercus breviloba subsp. laceyi (Small) A.Camus
  • Quercus breviloba f. laceyi (Small) Trel.
  • Quercus microlepis Trel. & C.H.Müll.
  • Quercus porphyrogenita Trel.

Quercus laceyi seldom grows more than 35 feet (11 meters) tall, and has a stocky trunk. Its blue-green leaves are oblong and shallowly lobed to unlobed, but shade leaves can be deeply lobed; they most often turn yellow or brown in autumn.[3][5]

Taxonomy

Quercus laceyi has been often confused with Quercus glaucoides, which is an evergreen oak native to central and southern Mexico.[4]

References
  1. "Quercus laceyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017. data
  2. "Quercus laceyi Small". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
  3. Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus laceyi". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 3. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  4. Nixon, K. C. and C. H. Muller. 1992. The taxonomic resurrection of Quercus laceyi Small (Fagaceae). Sida 15: 57-69.
  5. Small, John Kunkel (1901). "Shrubs and Trees of the Southern States—IV". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 28 (6): 358.


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