Quercus confertifolia

This article is about Quercus confertifolia Bonpl. For Quercus confertifolia Torr., see Quercus hypoleucoides.

Quercus confertifolia, synonym Quercus gentryi, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fagaceae, native to northern and southwestern Mexico.^[2]

Quercus confertifolia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Subgenus:	Quercus subg. Quercus
Section:	Quercus sect. Lobatae
Species:	Q. confertifolia
Binomial name
Quercus confertifolia Bonpl.[2]
Synonyms[2]
Quercus gentryi C.H.Mull. Quercus mexicana var. confertifolia (Bonpl.) Wenz. Quercus mexicana f. confertifolia (Bonpl.) Trel. Quercus mexicana f. glabrata Trel., nom. illeg.

Description

Under the synonym Quercus gentryi, the species was described as a short evergreen tree up to 15 metres (49 feet) tall with a trunk as much as 50 centimetres (20 inches) in diameter. The leaves are thick and rigid, up to 18 cm (7 in) long, with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.^[3]

Taxonomy

Quercus confertifolia was first described by Aimé Bonpland in 1810.^[4] Quercus confertifolia Torr., published in 1859 (and so a later homonym), has been used to refer to Quercus hypoleucoides.^[5]

Under the synonym Quercus gentryi, Denk et al. in 2017 placed the species in Quercus section Lobatae.^[6]