Accepted name

Epilobion fleischeri G. Br.-Bl. ex Br.-Bl. 1950

EuroVegChecklist name (Mucina et al. 2016)

Epilobion fleischeri G. Br.-Bl. ex Br.-Bl. 1950

Remarks

EuroVegChecklist

thl19 | The name Epilobion fleischeri G. Braun-Blanquet ex Braun-Blanquet 1950 has been widely and consistently used to designate pioneer vegetation of the montane and subalpine river banks and moraines. It deserves to be conserved against the name Salicion incanae Aichinger 1933, in as much as the latter name is proposed as a nomen ambiguum (see Remark thl19). (J.-P. Theurillat).

Synonyms

• Epilobion fleischeri G. Br.-Bl. et Br.-Bl. in G. Br.-Bl. 1931 (2b)
• Epilobion fleischeri G. Br.-Bl. ex Br.-Bl. 1949 (phantom)
• Salicion eleagni Aichinger 1933 nom. mut. propos. (45) – thl21 Rivas-Martínez et al. (2002a: 276) formally suggested this name change. (L. Mucina).
• Salicion incanae Aichinger 1933 nom. ambig. rejic. propos. (36) – thl20 The name has been used mainly for willow scrub in the sense of the name Salicion eleagni Moor 1958. Only recently have some authors (e.g. Grabherr & Mucina 1993; Willner & Grabherr 2007) used it in the sense of its type, i.e. for pioneer vegetation of river banks. Indeed, it does not appear to be found in the literature in that sense and it was not mentioned in Tüxen (1973) either. Therefore, considering that a re-introduction of the name in its correct sense would be a source of continual error (ICPN art. 36), it is proposed to consider the name Salicion incanae Aichinger 1933 a nomen ambiguum. (J.-P. Theurillat).