''Quercus magnoliifolia'', also known as encino amarillo, encino avellano, encino bermejo, encino blanco, encino napis, encino prieto, and roble, is a Mexican

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

of oak. It is widespread along the Pacific Coast of Mexico from Sinaloa to Chiapas, and also found inland as far as Zacatecas and Puebla. It was classified and described in 1801 by the French- Spanish botanist Luis Née.Née, Luis 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3: 268-269
short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in Spanish ''Quercus magnoliifolia'' is a

deciduous In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed Leaf, leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, aft ...

tree up to tall with a trunk as much as in diameter. The leaves are thick and leathery, up to long, widely egg-shaped, with wavy edges or sometimes shallow teeth, green on the top but covered with yellowish hairs on the underside.

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photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden collected in Nayarit in 1849
{{Taxonbar, from=Q13946811 magnoliifolia Plants described in 1801 Endemic oaks of Mexico