Quercus polymorphaSchltdl. & Cham.

netleaf white oak

WFO wfo-0000292580 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Quercus polymorpha, photographed by pintobeans
fig. a pintobeans, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-31 / obs. 202339356
Quercus polymorpha, photographed by Leticia Jiménez Hernández
fig. b Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 54873855
Quercus polymorpha, photographed by Liliana Ramírez-Freire
fig. c Liliana Ramírez-Freire, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 7404110
Quercus polymorpha, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. d Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 1308217
Quercus polymorpha, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. e Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 133688748
Quercus polymorpha, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. f Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 129117070
Quercus polymorpha, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. g Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 117118535
Quercus polymorpha, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. h Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116124072

Every figure is a research-grade observation under CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA, rehosted with the photographer’s name, the licence and the observation it came from. Photographs under a NonCommercial licence are excluded from this site and are never stored, which costs us a great many pictures and is not negotiable.

Native range 8 botanical countries

Regions where Quercus polymorpha is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Texas, Guatemala, Honduras Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestTexasGuatemalaHonduras
Native distribution of Quercus polymorpha, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS
Texas TEX
Guatemala GUA SOUTHERN AMERICA
Honduras HON

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Quercus germana var. lemmonii Trel.
  • Quercus guatimalensis A.DC.
  • Quercus petiolaris Benth.
  • Quercus polymorpha f. angustifolia C.H.Mull.
  • Quercus turbinata Liebm.
  • Quercus varians M.Martens & Galeotti

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.