Thermomediterranean calcicolous garrigue on steep coastal slopes of the Eastern Mediterranean
Phlomido fruticosae-Euphorbion dendroidis Mucina et Dimopoulos in Mucina et al. 2016
Phlomido fruticosae-Euphorbion dendroidis Mucina et Dimopoulos in Mucina et al. 2016
qui11 | The Phlomido fruticosae-Euphorbion dendroidis is herein formally described to accommodate thermo-mediterranean garrigue on highly inclined or steep coastal slopes of calcareous soils in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Euphorbia dendroides communities of Hellas (including the Aegean archipelago and Crete) and of the Eastern Mediterranean differ markedly from similar communities from Spain, France, Italy and Croatia (see Eichberger 2001, 2003 for the latest syntaxonomic synthesis); the latter vegetation (including Euphorbia dendroides dominated communities form the Western Mediterranean) has been classified in the Oleo-Ceratonion siliquae. We assign the Phlomido fruticosae-Euphorbietum dendroidis Eichberger 2001 (Eichberger 2001: 193, Tab. 2) as the holotypus (hoc loco) of the Phlomido fruticosae-Euphorbion dendroidis and list Asparagus aphyllus, Ballota acetabulosa, Ephedra foeminea, Euphorbia dendroides, Phlomis fruticosa and Salvia fruticosa as the diagnostic species of the new alliance. (L. Mucina, P. Dimopoulos).