Accepted name

Cisto canariensis-Micromerietalia hyssopifoliae Pérez de Paz et al. 1990 corr. Rivas-Mart. in Rivas-Mart. 2011

EuroVegChecklist name (Mucina et al. 2016)

Cisto canariensis-Micromerietalia hyssopifoliae Pérez de Paz et al. 1990 corr. Rivas-Mart. in Rivas-Mart. 2011

Synonyms

• Cisto monspeliensis-Micromerietalia hyssopifoliae Pérez de Paz et al. 1990 (43)
• Micromerio hyssopifoliae-Cistetalia canariensis Pérez de Paz et al. 1990 corr. Rivas-Mart. in Rivas-Mart. 2011nom. invers. propos (42) – ole03 The correction of the name is based (according to Rivas-Martínez et al. 2011: 401, 474−475) on the taxonomic identity of the Canarian populations of Cistus monspelliensis, which should be considered a separate subspecies (C. monspelliensis subsp. canariensis Rivas-Mart., Martín Osorio & Wildpret) to C. monspelliensis subsp. monspelliensis, which occurs in the Mediterranean. It appears that recognition of the Canary island populations as a separate taxonomic entity is warranted, as supported also by phylogeographic studies by Fernández-Mazuecos & Vargas (2011) who identified 10 endemic haplotypes as opposed to only one haplotype in the mediterranean proper within Cistus monspelliensis. The inversion of the name also proposed in the paper cited above is not explained, but it appears acceptable as most of the associations in the only alliance (Micromerio-Cistion) are dominated by taller-grown Cistus monspelliensis. (L. Mucina).
• Micromerio hyssopifoliae-Cistetalia monspeliensis Pérez de Paz et al. 1990 nom. invers. propos. (invers.superfl.)