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Two new species of oak (Fagaceae) with narrowly ellipticlanceolate leaves from the Sierra Madre del Sur of western Jalisco, Mexico, are described and illustrated.Quercus cualensis is a local endemic andQ. iltisii a more widespread species; they are closely related toQ. salicifolia Née.
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González-Villarreal, L.M. Two new species of oak (Fagaceae, Quercus sect. Lobatae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico. Brittonia 55, 49–60 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1663/0007-196X(2003)055[0049:TNSOOF]2.0.CO;2
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