Fagaceae
Quercus

Quercus brenesii Trel.

First published in Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 186 (1924)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Veracruz), Nicaragua to Costa Rica. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Costa Rica, Mexico Gulf, Nicaragua

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (1998). World Checklist and Bibliography of Fagales: 1-408. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Romero Rangel, S. (2006). Revisión taxonómica del complejo Acutifoliae de Quercus (Fagaceae) con énfasis en su representatión en México. Acta Botanica Mexicana 76: 1-45. Instituto de Ecología A.C.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden. [Cited as Quercus cortesii.]
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. [Cited as Quercus cortesii.]
  • Valencia-A., S. (2004). Diversidad del Género Quercus (Fagaceae) en México. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanica de México 75: 33-53. [Cited as Quercus cortesii.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Romero Rangel, S. (2006). Revisión taxonómica del complejo Acutifoliae de Quercus (Fagaceae) con énfasis en su representatión en México. Acta Botanica Mexicana 76: 1-45. Instituto de Ecología A.C.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0