Quercus mexicana is a species of oak. It is widespread in eastern Mexico from Chiapas to Tamaulipas.Romero Rangel, S., E. C. Rojas Zenteno & M. L. Aguilar Enríquez. 2002. El género Quercus (Fagaceae) en el estado de México. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89(4): 551–593 in Spanish, with line drawings of each speciesMcVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
Description It is a deciduous tree growing up to tall with gray bark. The leaves are thick and leathery, up to long, oblong or lance-shaped with no teeth or lobes.Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: 35-36 diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in FrenchBonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: plate 82 drawing of Quercus mexicana
Etymology Mexicana means 'from Mexico'.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 258, 324
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External links photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1991