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This paper aims to revise the phytosociological nomenclature of the Quercus cerris woods occurring in Italy with particular attention to associations, subassociations, and suballiances. The syntaxa included in this revision were selected based on a physiognomical criterion, i.e., woods with dominance or codominance of Quercus cerris. The nomenclatural revision complied with the International Code of Phytosociological Nomenclature.

Melittio-Quercion frainetto and Melittio-Quercion confertae are two alliances, which were proposed
about simultaneously 40 years ago through two different papers regarding southern Italy and southern
Greece, respectively. The aims of this paper are to establish valid name, nomenclatural type and distribution
range of these two alliances and to verify whether they display a sufficient degree of syntaxonomic
autonomy when compared to the ecologically and geographically neighbouring alliances. A