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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