Fagaceae
Quercus

Quercus peduncularis Née

First published in Anales Ci. Nat. 3: 270 (1801)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Mexico to Honduras. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (1998). World Checklist and Bibliography of Fagales: 1-408. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Valencia-A., S. & Coombes, A.J. (2020). Nomenclatural revision and lectotypification of five species of Mexican oaks: Quercus (Fagaceae). Phytotaxa 428: 81-92.
  • Valencia-A., S. (2004). Diversidad del Género Quercus (Fagaceae) en México. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanica de México 75: 33-53.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Linares, J.L. (2003 publ. 2005). Lista comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la República de El Salvador. Ceiba; a Scientific and Technical Journal Published by Zamorano 44: 105-268. [Cited as Quercus segoviensis.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • 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:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1913 Skinner Guatemala Quercus barbanthera K000648587 Yes
Jan 1, 1913 Skinner Guatemala Quercus barbanthera K000648586 Yes
Heyde; Lux [3152] Guatemala Quercus barbanthera K000512621 Syntype Yes
Skutch, A.F. [687] Guatemala Quercus pilicaulis f. elongata K000512620 Type Yes
Jan 30, 1913 Warscewicz [30] Guatemala Quercus pilicaulis K000512618 Unknown Type Material Yes
Smith, J.D. [1968] Guatemala Quercus pilicaulis K000512619 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 30, 1913 Hartweg [616] Guatemala Quercus callosa K000512622 Type Yes
Jan 30, 1913 Hartweg [616] Guatemala Quercus callosa K000512623 Holotype Yes
Hartweg [564] Guatemala Quercus callosa K000374131 Type Yes
Yuncker, T.G.; Dawson, R.F.; Youse, H.R. [5961] Honduras Quercus achoteana K000513000 Isotype Yes
Yuncker, T.G.; Dawson, R.F.; Youse, H.R. [6136] Honduras Quercus achoteana K000512999 Isotype Yes
Hinton, G.B. [6378] Mexico Quercus dolichopus K000575004 Holotype Yes
Hinton, G.B. [6378] Mexico Quercus dolichopus K000575005 Holotype Yes
Galeotti, H.G. [90] Mexico Quercus martensiana K000512611 Isotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0