Fagaceae
Quercus

Quercus muehlenbergii Engelm.

First published in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 391 (1877)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Ontario to Central & E. U.S.A., NE. Mexico (to Veracruz). It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Valencia-A., S. (2004). Diversidad del Género Quercus (Fagaceae) en México. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanica de México 75: 33-53.
  • Villareal, J.A., Encina D., J.A. & Carranza P., M.A. (2008). Los encinos (Quercus: Fagaceae) de Coahuila, Mexico. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2: 1235-1278.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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?
Hooker [s.n.] K000832279 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ehrhart, J.F. [138] United States K000832278 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Northern America Quercus prinus var. acuminata K000227798 Yes
Wynd, F.L.; Mueller, C.H. [629] Mexico Quercus sentenelensis K000575024 Isotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2024. 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 Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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