Accepted name

Bromo-Oryzopsion miliaceae O. de Bolòs 1970

EuroVegChecklist name (Mucina et al. 2016)

Bromo-Oryzopsion miliaceae O. de Bolòs 1970

Remarks

EuroVegChecklist

art11 | The position of this alliance is contentious. Rivas-Martínez et al. (1999) placed this alliance in the Agropyretalia repentis and only three years later Rivas-Martínez (2002b: 474) re-classified this unit within the Carthametalia lanati. Biondi et al. (2001) gave preference to the Brachypodio ramosi-Dactylidetalia (syn. of the Thero-Brachypodietalia in our system). In any case, these conflicting opinions have been obviously motivated by the transitional character of the unit that straddles the border between pseudosteppes and ruderal grass-rich vegetation. (L. Mucina).

Synonyms

• Bromo-Piptatherion miliaceae O. de Bolòs 1970 nom. mut. propos. (45) – art12 Rivas-Martínez et al. (2002a: 252; 2011: 244) formally suggested this name change. It may not be the most fortunate deed since recent molecular studies have shown that 'Oryzopsis miliacea' does not belong either in Oryzopsis or in Piptatherum s.str. (Romaschenko et al. 2011). (L. Mucina).