Accepted name

Alno glutinosae-Populetea albae P. Fukarek et Fabijanić 1968

EuroVegChecklist name (Mucina et al. 2016)

Alno glutinosae-Populetea albae P. Fukarek et Fabijanić 1968

Remarks

EuroVegChecklist

pop01 | This class encompasses azonal alluvial forests of Europe, North Africa and the western regions of the Middle East. Formerly, most of the syntaxonomic content of this class was classified within the 'Querco-Fagetea', especially by Western and Central European authors, disregarding the principle of zonality/azonality. The two orders classified within this class reflect biogeographic (hence macro-climatic and evolutionary) drivers. The Alno-Fraxinetalia unites the European temperate alluvial forests, the Populetalia albae the Mediterranean gallery forests. It is commendable that Rivas-Martínez et al. (2002b) recognised this ecological paradox and attempted to remedy the situation by coining a class comprising azonal woodlands/forest and scrub. (LM) We consider the scrub sufficiently different, both physiognomically and floristically, to be considered a class in its own right (Salicetea purpureae). (L. Mucina).

Synonyms

• Alno-Populetea P. Fukarek et Fabijanić 1968 (2b)
• Alno-Populetea P. Fukarek 1964 (2b)
• Fraxino excelsioris-Quercetea roboris Gillet 1986 (1)
• Populetea albae Br.-Bl. 1962 (phantom)
• Salici purpureae-Populetea albae (Rivas-Mart. et Cantó in Rivas-Mart. et al. 2002) Belmonte López 2008 (29a)
• Salici purpureae-Populetea nigrae (Rivas-Mart. et Cantó ex Rivas-Mart. et al. 1991) Rivas-Mart. et Canto in Rivas-Mart. et al. 2002 p.p. (29b) – pop02 This name is a nomen superfluum with respect to the Salicetea purpureae, despite it was typified by the Populetalia albi (Rivas-Martínez et al. 2002b: 536). The concept of the Salici purpureae-Populetea nigrae (as presented in the original diagnosis Rivas-Martínez et al. 2002b) includes also the Salicetalia purpureae that is the type of the Salicetea purpureae – a syntaxonomic concept we prefer to consider a class in its own right. (L. Mucina).
• Tamarici-Platanetea orientalis Buzo 2000 (2b)
• Tamarici-Platanetea orientalis I. Kárpáti et V. Kárpáti 1962 (phantom)