Accepted name

Epilobietalia fleischeri Moor 1958 nom. conserv. propos.

EuroVegChecklist name (Mucina et al. 2016)

Epilobietalia fleischeri Moor 1958 nom. conserv. propos.

Remarks

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thl15 | The name has been proposed by Moor (1958: 281−282) to replace the earlier name Myricarietalia Aichinger 1933 by arguing that Myricaria gale is rather a species of the willow scrub, not of the pioneer communities of the river banks along with Epilobium dodonaei, E. fleischeri and Chondrilla chondrilloides. Since (1) the name Myricarietalia Aichinger 1933 has never been used in the literature (see Tüxen 1973), (2) the name ‘Epilobietalia fleischeri’ is the name in current use that has been very consistently adopted, and (3) the type of the name Myricarietalia Aichinger 1933 is to be considered a nomen ambiguum (ICPN art. 36; see Remark thl19 on Salicion incanae Aichinger 1933), I propose to conserve the name Epilobietalia fleischeri Moor 1958 against the earlier name Myricarietalia Aichinger 1933. (J.-P. Theurillat).

Synonyms

• Epilobietalia fleischeri Moor ex Oberd. 1957 (2b)
• Myricarietalia Aichinger 1933 nom. rejic. propos.
• Myricarietalia G. Br.-Bl. ex Br.-Bl. 1950 (31) – thl16 The name Myricarietalia germanicae was invalidly published by G. Braun-Blanquet (1931). The Epilobion fleischeri, classified as the unique alliance within the order in the protologue, was invalidly published because the unique association it contains was also invalidly published (ICPN arts. 2b, 8). The invalidity of the latter, the 'association à Carex incurva et Equisetum variegatum', is due to the absence of the name giving taxon Carex incurva in the unique relevé provided as the original diagnosis (ICPN art. 3f). (J.-P. Theurillat).
• Myricarietalia germanicae Br.-Bl. ex Nordhagen 1937 (2b)
• Myricarietalia germanicae Br.-Bl. in Nordhagen 1936 (phantom)
• Myricarietalia germanicae G. Br.-Bl. et Br.-Bl. in G. Br.-Bl. 1931 (2b) – thl17 In Braun-Blanquet (1949a: 131) the name 'Myricarietalia G. Br.-Bl. 1931' was validly published but the last elements needed for the validation was published in 1950, in the sixth and last part of the paper, thus the date of the name is 1950 (ICPN art. 6). Braun-Blanquet (1949a) includes two alliances in the order: the 'Glaucion flavi', which is a nomen nudum, and the 'Epilobion fleischeri G. Br.-Bl. 1931', which was invalidly published in G. Braun-Blanquet (1931). However, the Epilobion fleischeri contains three associations in Braun-Blanquet (1949a). Among these, the ‘Myricarieto-Chondrilletum Br.-Bl. 1938’ was referred to by Volk (1940) with an unambiguous bibliographical reference to be found in the bibliography published in 1950. In Volk (1940), the ‘Myricaria-Chondrilla prenanthoides-Assoziation J. Braun-Blanquet 1939’ is validly published and the relevés of this association contain also the two name-giving species Epilobium fleischeri (for the alliance) and Myricaria germanica (for the order). Therefore, the name 'Epilobion fleischeri' has a sufficient diagnosis and, as a consequence, so does the name 'Myricarietalia'. However, the date of both names is 1950 and the correct citations are therefore 'Epilobion fleischeri G. Br.-Bl. ex Br.-Bl. 1950' and 'Myricarietalia G. Br.-Bl. ex Br.-Bl. 1950', the latter being a later illegitimate homonym (ICPN art. 31) of the name 'Myricarietalia Aichinger 1933'. (J.-P. Theurillat).