Table 1. Species and taxa included in Quercus Section Cerris.
Nomenclature followed Govaerts & Frodin (1998); species investigated in the present study are bolded. Taxonomic remarks and species distributions according to *Govaerts & Frodin (1998) and **Menitsky (2005).
| Taxon | Taxonomic remarks | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Q. afaresPomel | Endemic, Algerian and Tunisian Tell Atlas | |
| Q. brantiiLindl. | S and SE Anatolia to Iran, Lebanon | |
| Q. castaneifoliaC.A. Mey | Endemic; SE Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan to Iran | |
| Q. cerrisL. | E and C Mediterranean, Balkans | |
| Q. crenataLam. | *Poorly known | Endemic, Italian peninsula |
| Q. libaniOliv. | SE Anatolia to Iran | |
| Q. lookKotschy | *Synonym of Q. ithaburensis ssp. ithaburensis; **hybrid Q. ithaburensis×Q. libani | Endemic, Lebanon to Anti-Lebanon mountain range |
| Q. ithaburensisDecne. | **Including subsp. macrolepis (Kotschy), distributed in the European part of the range, and subsp. ithaburensis (Decaisne), in the Middle East | E Mediterranean, SE Italy to Palestine |
| Q. trojanaWebb | *Including subsp. trojana and subsp. euboica (Papaioann.) K.I.Chr., endemic of Euboea (Greece) | Anatolia, Aegean to SE Italy |
| Q. suberL. | C and W Mediterranean | |
| Q. acutissima Carruth. | E and SE Asia | |
| Q. chenii Nakai | E Asia | |
| Q. variabilis Blume | E and SE Asia, Japan |