''Quercus brandegeei'' is a rare Mexican species of

plant Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...

in the beech family, Fagaceae, in the oak genus ''Quercus'', series '' Virentes''. It has been found only in the southern part of the State of

Baja California Sur Baja California Sur (; 'South Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur), is the least populated state and the 31st admitted state of the 32 federal ent ...

in northwestern

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

. ''Quercus brandegeei'' is an evergreen tree up to tall. Leaves are elliptical, not lobed, the blades up to long and tapering at both ends, sometimes with no teeth on the edge but sometimes with a few pointed teeth. Its habitat is restricted to stream-side locations. The species is listed as endangered by the

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and threatened by long-term climatic drying and

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The mystery of Mexico's vanishing stream oaks
BBC Future brandegeei Endemic oaks of Mexico Trees of Baja California Sur Plants described in 1916 Endangered biota of Mexico Endangered flora of North America Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Edward Alphonso Goldman {{Quercus-stub