Sea-lavender hypersaline scrub in supratidal non-inundated sandy habitats of the semi-desert regions of the Southern Mediterranean islands and North Africa
Limoniastretalia guyoniani Guinochet 1951
Limoniastrietalia guoynoniani Guinochet 1951
sal13 | I suggest that this order is validly published because it was based on the validly published Limonion guoynoniani Guinochet 1951, encompassing two validly published associations in the protologue. Barbagallo et al. (1990: 595) claimed that both associations are 'heterogeneous' and hence not published validly, an argument difficult to follow due to the apparently personal interpretational bias. The Limoniastrietalia guoynoniani Guinochet 1951 is widely distributed in North Africa (where some more alliances have been described, e.g. the Limonion pruinosi S. Brullo et Furnari 1988) and in the Middle East. The Limoniastrietalia guoynoniani reach marginal areas of the dry coastal regions of Southern Europe. A detailed syntaxonomic scheme, including also syntaxa described from North Africa, was presented in Géhu (1988). (L. Mucina).