Quercus galeanensis C.H.Mull.

Mexico (Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas) ; 1200-2500 m;

less than 3 m tall; dense shrub;

2-3 cm long, 1-1.5 wide; persistent 2 years; thick and leathery; oblong, elliptical to oblanceolate; base truncate or subcordate, sometimes obtuse; apex pointed, aristate; margin slightly revolute, entire or with 1-3 pairs of bristled teeth near apex; lustrous green, glabrous above; slightly paler beneath with some axillary tufts, with some glandular hairs but without stellate trichomes; held verticaly ascending, somewhat appressed to vertical twigs; midvein raised above; 5-8 vein pairs, with few intermediate veins, flat above, prominent below, weakly anastomosing; epidermis papillose ; petiole more or less glabrous, 3-7 cm long;

female inflorescences 2-8 mm long, with 1-2 flowers;

acorn small (0.9 cm x 0.7-0.8), dark brown, stripped; singly ; sessile or nearly so; scattered in leaf axils; cup halfround, enclosing 1/2 of the nut; maturing in 1 year, in October;

hardiness zone : 7; on dry slopes ;

– A. Camus : n° 370; – Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, Series Erythromexicanae, Group Saltillenses ( Q. acherdophylla, saltillensis, galeanensis ); – Threatened (IUCN Red List Category : EN). – Related to Q. saltillensis. – Resembles Q. affinis , but the leaves of this species are mostly lanceolate, to elliptic; – Possible confusion with Q. depressa but this one has elliptical to elliptic-oboval, subcoriaceous leaves, and the base is rounded to cuneate.