Description of some new syntaxa from the Azores archipelago
Author(s) -
José Antonio Fernández Prieto,
Carlos Aguiar,
Eduardo Días
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of geobotanical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2253-6515
pISSN - 2253-6302
DOI - 10.5616/ijgr120007
Subject(s) - archipelago , geography , geology , oceanography
A new clase Tolpido azoricae-Holcetea rigidi (non grazed perennial plant communities of rocky and earthy scarps, slope deposits and natural forest fringes ); two new orders Tolpido azoricae-Holcetalia rigidi and Frangulo azoricae-Lauretalia azoricae (evergreen broad-leaved micro-mesoforest); four new alliances Thelipterido pozoi-Woodwardion redicantis (comophytic plant communities ), Ornithopo pinnati-gaudion coarctatae (pionner oligotrophic therophitic plant communities), Tolpido suculentae-Agrostion congestiflorae (perennial graminoid communities of cliffs and landslide scarps) and Pericallion malvifoliae (perennial herbs communities of semi-shaded of woodlands), and 14 news associations are described and typified for the Azores archipelago in this paper. Five associations and two alliances are lectotyfied or proposed for the name correction respectively.
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