Fagaceae
Quercus

Quercus tardifolia C.H.Mull.

First published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 63: 154 (1936)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Texas (Brewster County: Chisos Mountains) to Mexico (N. Coahuila). It is a tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. The hybrid formula is perhaps Q. gravesii × Q. hypoxantha.

Distribution

Native to:

Mexico Northeast

Extinct in:

Texas

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.
  • Knapp, W.M. & al. (2020). Vascular plant extinction in the continental United States and Canada. Conservation biology 13621: 1-22.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
  • Valencia-A., S. (2004). Diversidad del Género Quercus (Fagaceae) en México. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanica de México 75: 33-53.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Knapp, W.M. & al. (2020). Vascular plant extinction in the continental United States and Canada. Conservation biology 13621: 1-22.
  • Valencia-A., S. (2004). Diversidad del Género Quercus (Fagaceae) en México. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanica de México 75: 33-53.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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