Quercus alamo Benth.

, Pl. Hartw. [Bentham] 55, no. 423 (1840).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295762-1
Publication
Plantas Hartwegianas imprimis Mexicanas . . . Londini
Collation
55, no. 423
Date of Publication
Mar 1840
Family as entered in IPNI
Fagaceae

Type Information

Locality
'In montibus prope Huasca'
Distribution Of Types
Mexico (Northern America)

Nomenclatural Notes

(as 'Alamo')

Remarks

Etymology: 'A Mexicanis Alamo dicta, i. e. Quercus Alnus ob ligno tenere'