''Quercus confertifolia'',

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''Quercus gentryi'', is a

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in the family

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to northern and southwestern

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

Description

Under the synonym ''Quercus gentryi'', the species was described as a short

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tree up to tall with a trunk as much as in diameter. The

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are thick and rigid, up to long, with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.

Taxonomy

''Quercus confertifolia'' was first described by

Aimé Bonpland Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland (; 22 August 1773 – 11 May 1858) was a French List of explorers, explorer and botany, botanist who traveled with Alexander von Humboldt in Latin America from 1799 to 1804. He co-authored volumes of the scie ...

in 1810. ''Quercus confertifolia'' Torr., published in 1859 (and so a later homonym), has been used to refer to '' Quercus hypoleucoides''. Under the synonym ''Quercus gentryi'', Denk et al. in 2017 placed the species in ''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''.

References

confertifolia Flora of Northeastern Mexico Flora of Northwestern Mexico Flora of Southwestern Mexico Plants described in 1810 {{Quercus-stub