Thermo- to mesomediterranean Pinus brutia forests of Greece (mainland and Aegean islands), western and southern Anatolia, Cyprus, Lebanon and Syria
Pinion brutiae Feinbrun 1959
Salvio fruticosae-Pinion brutiae Konstantinidis, Mucina et Bergmeier ined.
qui05 | This alliance was coined to accommodate the Aegean (especially Cretan) Pinus brutia forests as represented for instance by the association Rhamno lycioidis-Pinetum brutiae (Konstantinidis et al. 2012). A full and valid description, accompanied by a syntaxonomic revision of Pinus brutia forests is in preparation (Konstantinidis & Mucina unpubl.). (L. Mucina).