New syntaxa for the prodrome of Italian vegetation |
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| Authors: | E. Biondi S. Pesaresi C. Gangale D. Uzunov |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, I-60131 Ancona, Italy;2. Natural History Museum of Calabria and Botanic Garden, University of Calabria, I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy |
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| Abstract: | The aim of this study is to provide new syntaxa for the Italian vegetation checklist. For the class Rhamno–Prunetea which includes the class Paliuretea the new alliance Rhamno saxatilis–Paliurion spinae-christi is described, that is included in the order Paliuretalia spinae-christi with a central-western Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean distribution. Otherwise, the more thermophilous Paliurus spina-christi vegetation is included in the new suballiance named as Oleo sylvestris–Paliurenion spinae-christi within the alliance Oleo–Ceratonion of the class Quercetea ilicis. For the class Trifolio–Geranietea medii, a new alliance named Hyperico calabricae–Asphodelion macrocarpi is proposed here. |
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| Keywords: | Asphodeletalia macrocarpae new syntaxa Paliurus spina-christi plant ecology vegetation Italy |
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