Quercus persiifolia var. achoteana Trel. ex Yunck.
Quercus persiifolia f. microcarpa Trel.
Quercus siguatepequeana Trel.
Quercus totutlensis A.DC.
Quercus wesmaelii Trel.
A gall on Q. sapotifolia, showing leaves (marred by insect damage and disease)
Quercus sapotifolia is a species of oak. It is native to southern and western Mexico (as far north as Michoacán) as well as Central America.[3][4][5][6] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
Description
Quercus sapotifolia grows to a medium-sized tree.
Range and habitat
Quercus sapotifolia ranges through the mountains and foothills of eastern and southern Mexico and through Central America as far as central Panama, between 250 and 2,000 meters elevation.[1]
It grows in cloud forests, pine-oak forests, open pine woodlands. It often grows on coarse soils derived from sandstones, rapidly-draining igneous rocks with high quartz content, and rhyolitic soils with high quartz and clay content. It can grow in disturbed areas, including areas subject to fires, where soils have been eroded or leached.[1]
^Muller, C. H. 1942. The Central American species of Quercus. United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Plant Industry. Miscellaneous Publication 477: 1–216
^Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246
^Morales Quirós, J. F. 2015. Santalaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. VIII. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 131: 13–36
^Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
