Nomenclatural Notes: Mexican Oaks

Allen J. Coombes and Susana Valencia Avalos

Published May 2020 in International Oaks No. 31: 15–20

Introduction

The findings presented in a recent publication (Valencia-A. and Coombes 2020) are summarized here. Several names of Mexican Quercus species were shown to be synonyms of other names or incorrectly applied.

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