Report from the Oak ICRA checklist
Full Name: - Quercus melissae
| Quercus melissae Nixon & Barrie Novon 25(4):444-450 (2017) |
| Infrageneric Classification Subgenus Quercus, Section Quercus |
| Etymology Quercus melissae is named in honor of the daughter of the junior author, Melissa Barrie Lehmann. |
| Natural Distribution MEXICO: (Chiapas), GUATEMALA |
| Nomenclatural Standard (Cultivar) or Type TYPE: Mexico. Chiapas: 8 km S of Amatenango del Valle, oak-pine parkland, 1870 m, 13 Aug. 1958, L. Kaplan & E. L. Davis 358 (holotype, F!). |
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