Andryalo pinnatifidae-Ericetalia canariensis Oberd. 1965 corr. Rivas-Mart. In Rivas-Mart. et al. 2011
(corr.superfl.)
– lau03 The correction of the name as suggested by Rivas-Martínez et al. (2011: 403, 475, 772) and based on recognition of the Canary populations of Erica arborea as a new species Erica canariensis Rivas-Mart., Martín Osorio & Wildpret (Rivas-Martínez et al. 2011: 484), is premature. Although the authors of this new taxon claim to see morphological differences between E. arborea and E. canariensis, recent molecular and phylogeographic studies do not support the existence of a separate specific entity E. arborea in Macaronesia (Désamoré et al. 2011). (L. Mucina).