Log in

Editor's Picks

The oak tree in Skjomendalen © Gerhard Sørensen-Fuglem and Cecilia Piccirilli Bjerkeset
An oak grows north of the Arctic Circle in Norway
Website Editor | Aug 14, 2023
Unusual symptoms linked to phytoplasma infection in Quercus humboldtiii, Colombia © Eric Boa
Symptoms linked to phytoplasma infection found in Quercus...
Website Editor | Aug 06, 2023
quercus-leucotrichophora-iturraran.jpg
Different names are being used for one species.
Website Editor | Jun 20, 2023

Plant Focus

A small but mature Alabama sandstone oak producing acorns © Patrick Thompson
A Critically Endangered dwarf oak 

Checking Out the Oaks in Chiriquí

PDF icon Log in or register to access the full text.

Roderick Cameron

Published May 2017 in International Oaks No. 28: 201–212

Introduction

In October 2016 I was in Panama for a couple of weekends and spent most of the time there looking for oaks. Panama is not precisely a hot spot for Quercus. It is at the southern end of the range, and other Central American countries boast more species (e.g., Guatemala), but I chose it as a destination because I could fit it into a business trip going from home in Uruguay to New York, via Copa Airlines, the Panamanian airline, with extended layovers in Panama City.

References

IUCN. Oaks of the Americas Species List. International Oak Society website. Accessed January 28, 2017. http://www.internationaloaksociety.org/content/oak-red-listing-project-update

Le Hardÿ de Beaulieu, A., and T. Lamant. 2nd ed. 2010. Guide illustré des Chênes. Geer, Belgique: Edilens.

Muller, C.H. 1942. The Central American Species of Quercus. Washington: United States Dept. of Agriculture.

Oak Name Checklist. Accessed January 28, 2017. http://www.oaknames.org/

Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Accessed January 28, 2017. http://www.stri.si.edu/

World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed January 28, 2017. http://apps.kew.org/