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Full Name: - Quercus grahamii

Quercus grahamii Benth. (1840)
Infrageneric Classification
Subgenus Quercus, Section Lobatae
Etymology
Named for George John Graham (1803-1878) who collected in Mexico 1827-29, including the type specimen.
Nomenclature Note
Valencia-Avalos, S & Flores Franco, Gabriel & Jiménez Ramírez, Jaime. (2015). A nomenclatural revision of Quercus acutifolia , Q. conspersa and Q. grahamii (Lobatae , Fagaceae). Phytotaxa. 218. 289. 10.11646/phytotaxa.218.3.7.
Description
See: Silvia Romero-R., Acta Botanica, Mexicana 76: 6-11 (2006), as Q. acutifolia
Natural Distribution
MEXICO: (Jalisco, Veracruz, Michoacán, México State, Puebla, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas), CENTRAL AMERICA: BELIZE, GUATEMALA (El Progreso, Guatemala, Huehuetenango), EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS
Nomenclatural Standard (Cultivar) or Type
Type:—MÉXICO. Graham 326, 1830. (holotype: K000512981!).
Illustration of Leaves
Image from a plant at White House Farm, Kent, UK ©Jan De Langhe, Ghent University Botanical Garden & Arboretum Wespelaar, 2010
Synonyms in this Database
Quercus sartorii Botteri ex A. DC. (1864) nom. illegit.
Hybrids in this Database
Main Horticultural References
(Grimshaw & Bayton) New Trees (2009) page 701
Recent Monograph References
(Hardÿ & Lamant) Guide illustré des Chênes (2006) Volume 2, page 374
(Heathcoat Amory) The Oaks of Chevithorne Barton (2009) page 37 illustrated (leaves, bark, small tree)