Quercus floccosa
Geographic Range
Mexico in the Sierra Madre Oriental (Vera Cruz, Orizaba Pike at 2600-3300 m ) ;
Growth Habit
more than 3 m tall;
Leaves
7-16 x 6-9 cm; oval or elliptic; apex subacute or obtuse, mucronate; base rounded or subcordate; entire or remotely dentate near apex, undulate or crispate; rough above at first (short hairs), then hairless except on veins; flaky beneath, with a stellate tomentum hardly persistent; 8 pairs of lateral veins, impressed obove and raised beneath, at an angle of 35-40° with the midrib; petiole 1-1.6 cm long;
Additional Information
– A. Camus : tome 3, p. 73, n° 302; – Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, Series Erythromexicanae; – For today’s Mexican Authors (Susana Valencia-A., 2004), this species described by Liebmann is not currently valid ; it may be a hybrid, or a morpholigical variety…For POWO it is an accepted name.
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