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A survey of the orophilous shrubby vegetation of the Teide (Tenerife, Canary Islands)
Author(s) -
Brullo C.,
Brullo S.,
De Marco G.,
Giusso del Galdo G.,
Guarino R.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
feddes repertorium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1522-239X
pISSN - 0014-8962
DOI - 10.1002/fedr.200811142
Subject(s) - broom , shrubland , vegetation (pathology) , geography , forestry , plant community , ecology , physical geography , ecological succession , ecosystem , biology , archaeology , medicine , pathology
A survey about the orophilous shrubby vegetation of the Teide volcano (Tenerife) is provided, based on literature and unpublished data. The investigated communities are dominated by broom‐shaped nanophanerophytes, chamaephytes and hemicryptophytes, well adapted to the climatic continentality characterizing their growing‐sites, due to the localization above the cloud layer. From the syntaxonomical point of view, in this paper is proposed to refer this vegetation to the class Cytiso‐Pinetea canariensis Rivas Goday & Esteve ex Sunding 1972, to the order Spartocytisetalia supranubii Schönfelder & Voggenreiter 1994 and to three alliances: Spartocytision supranubii Oberd. ex Esteve 1973, grouping the broom‐shrublands occurring on relatively developed andosoils; Juniperion cedri all. nova, regarding the juniper communities colonizing steep rocky slopes; Violion cheiranthifoliae all. nova, grouping the hemicryptophytic communities of screes and unstable substrata. To support the syntaxonomic proposal, a multivariate numerical analysis, considering literature and personal data, has been performed. Moreover, considerations on the role that bioclimate plays on these plant‐communities are given too. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)