Accepted name

Loiseleurio procumbentis-Vaccinietea Eggler ex Schubert 1960

EuroVegChecklist name (Mucina et al. 2016)

Loiseleurio procumbentis-Vaccinietea Eggler ex Schubert 1960

Remarks

EuroVegChecklist

loi01 | This class comprises primary dwarf heath (tundra and European mountain tundra) composed of arctic and arctic-alpine elements. The Calluno-Ulicetea, on the other hand, comprises primary (and secondary) heath of low altitudes or secondary heath of the montane to subalpine belt replacing original coniferous forests. (L. Mucina).

Synonyms

• Betuletea rotundifoliae Mirkin et al. 1983 (1)
• Betuletea rotundifoliae Mirkin ex Chytrý et al. 1993 (syntax.syn.) – loi03 The Betuletea rotundifoliae is recognised by several researchers as class in its own right. Ermakov & Chesonov (2005), however, prefer to classify these communities within the Loiseleurio-Vaccinietea. (L. Mucina).
• Betuletea rotundifoliae Mirkin 1985 (2b)
• Calluno-Vaccinietea myrtilli de Foucault 1991 (29) – loi02 According to the list of References, de Foucault (1991: 173) was aware of the Schubert's (1960) work, where the latter author validated the Loiseleurio procumbentis-Vaccinietea and also described the Empetretalia hermaphroditi. Since the latter order was assigned as the typus of the 'Calluno-Vaccinietea myrtilli', this class name became a nomen superfluum of the Loiseleurio procumbentis-Vaccinietea. (L. Mucina).
• Cetrario-Loiseleurietea Suzuki et Umezu in Suzuki 1964 (syntax.syn.)
• Loiseleurio-Vaccinietea Eggler 1952 (2b)
• Rhodoreto-Vaccinietea Lakušić et al. 1979 (orig.form) (2b, 5)
• Vaccinietea myrtilli de Foucault 1991 (2b, 5)