Lavanduletalia stoechadis Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1940
EuroVegChecklist name (Mucina et al. 2016)
Lavanduletalia stoechadis Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1940
Synonyms
Lavanduletalia stoechadis Br.-Bl. 1931
(2b)
Myrto communis-Ericetalia scopariae Paradis et Pozzo di Borgo 2005
(syntax.syn.)
Stoechado-Lavanduletalia Rothmaler 1943 (orig.form)
(10)
– lav02 Rothmaler (1943: 60) published the name 'Stoechado-Lavanduletalia' (recte: Stoechadi-Lavanduletalia). The order's name is validly published with the presence of the validly (although illegitimate) alliance name Coremation, published at the same time. However, there is only one taxon of the genus Lavandula in the diagnosis of the Coremation, namely L. stoechas Tourn. Therefore, although the specific name 'stoechas' is a validly published generic name (Stoechas Miller 1754) that would allow IPCN art. 14 to apply, there are no two different taxa of the genus Lavandula to allow a double name for the syntaxon according to IPCN art. 10. Therefore, the name ‘Stoechado-Lavanduletalia Rothmaler 1943' is a tautonym and, according to IPCN art. 10, the order's name being formed with only one plant species, it should be either 'Stoechadetalia' or 'Lavanduletalia', both being later syntaxonomical synonyms of the name 'Lavanduletalia Braun-Blanquet in Braun-Blanquet, Molinier et Wagner 1940'. (J.-P. Theurillat).