Ecological and Syntaxonomic Analysis of the Communities of <i>Glebionis coronaria</i> and <i>G. discolor</i> (<i>Malvion neglectae</i>) in the European Mediterranean Area
Eusebio Cano,
Ana Cano-Ortiz,
Ricardo Quinto Canas,
Jose Carlos Piñar Fuentes,
Catarina Rodrigues Meireles,
Mauro Raposo,
Carlos Pinto Gomes,
Valentina Lucia Astrid Laface,
Giovanni Spampinato,
Carmelo Maria Musarella
Affiliations
Eusebio Cano
Department of Animal and Plant Biology and Ecology, Section of Botany, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Ana Cano-Ortiz
Department of Didactics of Experimental, Social and Mathematical Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Ricardo Quinto Canas
Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
Jose Carlos Piñar Fuentes
Department of Animal and Plant Biology and Ecology, Section of Botany, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Catarina Rodrigues Meireles
Department of Landscape, Environment and Planning, Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento (MED), Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, University of Évora, 7004-516 Évora, Portugal
Mauro Raposo
Department of Landscape, Environment and Planning, Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento (MED), Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, University of Évora, 7004-516 Évora, Portugal
Carlos Pinto Gomes
Department of Landscape, Environment and Planning, Instituto Mediterrâneo para a Agricultura, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento (MED), Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, University of Évora, 7004-516 Évora, Portugal
Valentina Lucia Astrid Laface
Department of AGRARIA, “Mediterranea” University of Reggio Calabria, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy
Giovanni Spampinato
Department of AGRARIA, “Mediterranea” University of Reggio Calabria, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy
Carmelo Maria Musarella
Department of AGRARIA, “Mediterranea” University of Reggio Calabria, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy
Nitrophilous communities dominated by Glebionis coronaria and Glebionis discolor in the European Mediterranean area were studied. The nomenclature was corrected according to the current taxonomy, following the International Code of Phytosociological Nomenclature (ICPN). The statistical analysis revealed six new associations and one subassociation, with four in Spain, one in Greece, and one in Italy. Additionally, a subassociation of high relevance due to its endemic character was identified. These grasslands exhibit requirements for organic matter and other edaphic nutrients that are closer to those of Malva neglecta communities than to those of Hordeum murinum subsp. leporinum. We confirmed the published syntaxon with the rank of Resedo albae-Glebionenion coronariae suballiance and its subordination to the Malvion neglectae alliance, and we established the type association for this suballiance. Sisimbrietalia officinalis J. Tüxen in Lohmeyer et al. 1962 em. Rivas-Martínez, Báscones, T. E. Díaz, Fernández-González & Loidi 1991. Stellarietea mediae Tüxen, Lohmeyer & Preising ex von Rochow 1951.
