Quercus melissae Nixon & Barrie

Full name:

Quercus melissae Nixon & Barrie, Novon 25(4):444-450 (2017) is an accepted name.

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:

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!).