Request (3) for a binding decision on the valid publication of the names Xerobromion and Mesobromion in Zoller 1954

By

Terzi, Massimo
Di Pietro, Romeo
Theurillat, Jean-Paul

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-12-6

Original Publication

Vegetation classification and survey

Volume

2

Pages

233--235

Subjects

Artemisio albae-Brometalia erecti , Bromion erecti , Festuco-Brometea , ICPN , phytosociological nomenclature , Syntaxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers 2020-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS/2021/74046

 

Abstract

The two alliances Xerobromion and Mesobromion derive from the change of rank of two suballiances of the BromionKoch 1926 (Xerobromenion and Mesobromenion). Zoller (1954a) recognized that those suballiances could not belong to the same alliance (i.e. Bromion) and treated them as two separate alliances, although some doubts can be raised that he did not clearly adopted them at the rank of alliance. Zoller’s work having been overlooked, other authors proposed subsequently to rise the Xerobromenion and Mesobromenion to the rank of alliances. Accordingly, the alliances Xerobromion and Mesobromion are often cited with author citations other than Zoller 1954. The present paper requests a binding decision on the valid publication of the names Xerobromion and Mesobromion in Zoller (1954a).<br> Abbreviations: EVC = EuroVegChecklist; ICPN = International Code of Phytosociological Nomenclature.