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Quercus purhepecha

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ134362337 ↗
Source-derived summary

Quercus purhepecha is a species of oak endemic to the state of Michoacán in western Mexico. It is a low rhizomatous shrub, 0.3 to 0.7 meters tall. It is known only from the Lake Cuitzeo Basin in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt from 2,100 to 2,400 meters elevation.

The species was described by Oscar Angel De Luna-Bonilla, Susana Valencia Ávalos, and Allen James Coombes in 2024. The species is named for the Purépecha people indigenous to the species' native region.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Quercus purhepecha” as species of plant. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2024—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Quercus, purhepecha and species can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of plant. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q134362337. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2024.

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This entry incorporates text from “Quercus purhepecha” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.