Contribution to the Knowledge of Rocky Plant Communities of the Southwest Iberian Peninsula
by
, , , , and
Ricardo Quinto Canas
1,2,*
,
Ana Cano-Ortiz
3,
Giovanni Spampinato
4,
Sara del Río
5,
Mauro Raposo
6,
José Carlos Piñar Fuentes
3 and
Carlos Pinto Gomes
6 1
Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
2
CCMAR—Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
3
Department of Animal and Plant Biology and Ecology, Section of Botany, University of Jaén, Las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 Jaén, Spain
4
Department of AGRARIA, “Mediterranea” University of Reggio Calabria, Località Feo di Vito, 89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy
5
Department of Biodiversity and Environmental Management (Area of Botany), Mountain Livestock Farming Institute (Joint Center CSIC-ULE), Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Campus of Vegazana, University of León, s/n, 24071 León, Spain
6
Department of Landscape, Environment and Planning, Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED), School of Science and Technology, University of Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho, n° 59, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Plants 2021, 10(8), 1590; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10081590
Submission received: 1 June 2021
/
Revised: 17 July 2021
/
Accepted: 23 July 2021
/
Published: 2 August 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Threatened Vegetation and Environmental Management)
Abstract
:The rocky habitats of southern Portugal are ecosystems with extreme xericity conditions, associated with special abiotic strains. In these unstable ecological conditions, a considerable diversity of plant communities occurs. The objective of this study, carried out in the Algarve and Monchique, and the Mariánica Range biogeographical sectors, is to compare chasmo-chomophytic communities of the southwestern Iberian Peninsula, using a phytosociological approach (Braun–Blanquet methodology) and numerical analysis (hierarchical cluster analysis). From these results, two new communities were identified, Sanguisorbo rupicolae-Dianthetum crassipedis and Antirrhinetum onubensis, as a result of floristic and biogeographical differences from other associations already described within the alliances Rumici indurati-Dianthion lusitani and Calendulo lusitanicae-Antirrhinion linkiani, both included in the Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetea indurate class.
1. Introduction
Habitats are very important natural or semi-natural places that need to be continuously studied to preserve them and their inhabitants, especially the plant endemic species that characterize them [1,2]. In fact, different habitats in the world are threatened by different types of pressures and threats [3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]. Among the wide spectrum of habitats, we focus on plant communities that develop on rocky habitats, which are often associated with crests, cliffs, lithosols, rocky soils or rock outcrops. In these edaphoxerophilous biotopes that appear to be evidence of extreme xericity conditions, namely great edaphic drought as a result of the soil’s reduced capacity for water retention [5,11]. In fact, this environment offers the ideal conditions for a highly specialized type of vegetation: the chasmo-chomophytic communities, which encompass rupicolous vegetation that colonizes earthy broad crevices, rocky soils and lithosols (chomophytes) or narrow rocky fissures (chasmophytes).
The perennial chasmo-chomophytic communities of the southwestern Iberian Peninsula are included in the Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetea indurati vegetation class [12,13]. The Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetalia indurati is the only order of this class and is further divided into six alliances in the Iberian Peninsula [13]. Because of the substrata nature given to the descriptions of the chasmo-chomophytic communities within the Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetalia indurati order, such as schist or greywackes, limestone and dolomite, Costa et al. [12] recognized the presence of two alliances in southern Portugal: Rumici indurati-Dianthion lusitani, which is ascribed to the communities developing on fissures of siliceous rocks of the West Iberian Mediterranean and Oroiberian territories, whereas the communities growing in the Dividing Portuguese Sector and Arrábida range (central and western Portugal), typically associated with limestone and dolomitic substrates, are classified within the Calendulo lusitanicae-Antirrhinion linkiani class.
The present paper aims to provide new knowledge of the chasmo-chomophytic communities of the southwestern Iberian Peninsula, included in the Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetea indurati class. The phytosociological and syntaxonomical vegetation analysis of the chasmo-chomophytic communities dominated by Dianthus crassipes (Rumici indurati-Dianthion lusitani alliance) and Antirrhinum onubensis (Calendulo lusitanicae-Antirrhinion linkiani alliance) allow us to distinguish two new communities: Sanguisorbo rupicolae-Dianthetum crassipedis and Antirrhinetum onubensis.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
Located in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula, the study area covers two distinct units: the first, in the southern part of the Algarve and Monchique biogeographical sector, encompasses the sub-littoral lower altitude reliefs of Algarve limestone—Barrocal algarvio (maximum 480 m high), where there is frequent presence of basic rocky outcrops. The second includes the schist, greywacke and quartzite cliffs of the low-altitude range (with an altitude of less than 400 m) of the lower Guadiana valley, in the southwestern part of the Mariánica Range Sector. According to the most recent study of Peninsula Iberica bioclimatic characterization by Rivas-Martínez et al. [14], the study area is classified as mediterranean pluviseasonal oceanic, dry to subhumid thermomediterranean bioclimate.
2.2. Data Collection
Field research was carried out from 2011 to 2020. Phytosociological relevés were collected according to the Zurich–Montpellier phytosociological method [12,13,15,16,17], where we found two new distinct associations in the Algarve and Monchique, and Mariánica Range biogeographical sectors (Figure 1), based on the comparison of the phytosociological relevés, performed in Table 1. Following Biondi [18], each relevé is a floristically and ecologically homogeneous plant community that represents the plant association on the ground. Within this definition, for each relevé, all plants that are found in an area whose floristic, structural and ecological conditions are homogeneous, were identified and assigned a quantitative value or index for their coverage, using the conventional abundance–dominance scale of Braun–Blanquet.
2.3. Nomenclature
Syntaxonomical typologies followed Rivas-Martínez [13,26,27], Costa et al. [12] and Mucina et al. [28]. Plant identification follows Coutinho [29], Franco [30], Franco and Rocha Afonso [31], Castroviejo [32] and Valdés et al. [33]. Taxonomic nomenclature was updated using Iberian lists elaborated by Rivas-Martínez et al. [27], Sequeira et al. [34] and Costa et al. [12]. The biogeographical and bioclimatological information was collected according to Rivas-Martínez et al. [14,19], and substratum affinity information was collected from the literature: Quinto-Canas [35], Meireles [36], Orellana and Galán de Mera [22] and Lopes [24]. The phytosociological name of the new vegetation unit is given according to the International Code of Phytosociological Nomenclature [37].
2.4. Data Analysis
For statistical data processing of the samples, we first generated a data matrix that included 64 relevés and 135 species from our field sampling (Table 1 and Table 2; association 1; Figure 2, clusters 1–8; Table 3, association 2; Figure 2, clusters 9–16) and relevés taken from the literature [20,21,22,23,25,35,36]. The matrix was subjected to the unweighted pair-group method using arithmetic averages (UPGMA), with Bray–Curtis distance, to produce the dissimilarity measure, using the software Primer 6 [38,39].
The transformation of Braun–Blanquet‘s abundance–dominance values follows Van der Maarel [40]. This transformation is required as a solution for converting the non-numerical values into numerical scale and in this form used as input data for numerical analysis, with the following equivalence: r = 1, + = 2, 1 = 3, 2 = 4, 3 = 5, 4 = 6 and 5 = 7.
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Classification of Southwestern Iberian Peninsula Chasmo-Chomophytic Communities
The dendrogram and the synoptic table reveal a clear separation between all phytosociological chasmo-chomophytic communities of the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula, included in both alliances: Rumici indurati-Dianthion lusitani and Calendulo lusitanicae-Antirrhinion linkiani. The cluster analysis (Figure 2) produces two main groups of associations (group A and group B), which represent eight community types: Sanguisorbo rupicolae-Dianthetum crassipedis (clusters 1–8), Antirrhinetum onubensis (9–16), Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetum indurati (clusters 17–21), Digitali thapsi-Dianthetum lusitani (clusters 22–31), Silene acutifoliae-Dianthetum lusitani (clusters 32–40), Sileno montistellensis-Dianthetum lusitani (clusters 41–44), Phagnalo saxatilis-Dianthetum barbati (clusters 45–51) and Sileno longiciliae-Antirrhinetum linkiani (clusters 52–64).
Group A has a high dissimilarity in relation to the other associations and includes relevés dominated by Dianthus lusitanus. The Digitali thapsi-Dianthetum lusitani is an association co-dominated by Dianthus lusitanus and Digitalis thapsi which occur in the mesomediterranean to supramediterranean bioclimatic stages of the Lusitania and Extremadura, Carpetana and León, and Oroiberian Subprovinces, on rocky fissures of schist, quartzite and granite [21]. The Silene acutifoliae-Dianthetum lusitani occur mostly on quartzitic outcrops in the mesomediterranean belt of the São Mamede mountains (São Mamede Sierran District, Oretana Range and Tajo Sector), well characterized by the presence of Silene acutifolia [22]. The Sileno montistellensis-Dianthetum lusitani is found in submediterranean areas, with the supramediterranean to oromediterranean themotype, on granitic fissures of the Estrela mountain biogeographical territory, and is characterized by the presence of Silene x montistellensis (hybrid between Silene acutifolia and Silene foetida) [36].
The cluster analysis also shows a group of relevés clearly separated from the rest, which are included in the cluster group B, divided into two subgroups. The relevé cluster subgroup B1 corresponds to the association Antirrhinetum onubensis, which is proposed here as a new association, largely confined to the limestones of Algarve District (Algarve and Monchique Sector). The subgroup B2 comprises samples ascribed to both silicicolous and calcicolous associations included in the alliances Rumici indurati-Dianthion lusitani (such as Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetum indurati and Sanguisorbo rupicolae-Dianthetum crassipedis) and Calendulo lusitanicae-Antirrhinion linkiani (such as Phagnalo saxatilis-Dianthetum barbati and Sileno longiciliae-Antirrhinetum linkiani), respectively. The floristic similarities between these four associations are a result of the high presence of Phagnalon saxatile and Sanguisorba rupicola in its characteristic species set, both with indifferent soil preferences, and also, in the scope of companion species, the presence of Dactylis hispanica subsp. lusitanica, Sedum forsterianum, Hyparrhenia sinaica, Helichrysum stoecha, Sedum sediforme, Melica minuta, Polypodium cambricum and Sedum album. The Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetum indurati is dominated by Phagnalon saxatile and Rumex induratus, and is widely distributed throughout the thermomediterranean to supramediterranean areas of the West Iberian Mediterranean, and Coastal Lusitania and West Andalusia Provinces. The Sanguisorbo rupicolae-Dianthetum crassipedis, a new association physiognomically characterized by Dianthus crassipes, occurs in the thermomediterranean to mesomediterranean dry areas of the East Mariánica District (Mariánica Range Sector). The Phagnalo saxatilis-Dianthetum barbati, a calcicolous community characterized by the co-dominance of Dianthus barbatus and Phagnalon saxatile, is found in the northern part of the Divisório Portuguese Sector [24]. The Sileno longiciliae-Antirrhinetum linkiani, which has been described by Ladero et al. [25] in the limestones of the Divisório Portuguese Sector and Arrabida Sierran District (Ribatejo and Sado Sector), is characterized by the dominance of species from the Calendulo lusitanicae-Antirrhinion linkiani alliance, such as Antirrhinum linkianum, Silene longicilia, Calendula suffruticosa subsp. lusitanica, Biscutella valentina, Arabis sadina, Avenula lodunensis subsp. occidentalis and Saxifraga cintrana.
As evidenced in Table 1, in the main characteristics and companion species group, the associations of subgroup B2 encompass differential and territorial species, which support the ecological concept of divisions proposed by Ladero et al. [25] for the Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetalia indurati order in the West Iberian Mediterranean territories: the alliance Rumici indurati-Dianthion lusitani for the siliceous rocks and Calendulo lusitanicae-Antirrhinion linkiani for the outcrops of limestone and dolomitic rocks.
3.2. Description of the New Chasmo-Chomophytic Associations
I—Sanguisorbo rupicolae-Dianthetum crassipedisass. nova hoc. loco (Table 2; clusters 1–8).
The relevés of the new association Sanguisorbo rupicolae-Dianthetum crassipedis (holotypus Table 2, relevé 8) appear to be clearly defined in group A (clusters 1–8; Figure 2). It is a perennial chasmo-chomophytic community, which develops on acid rocky fissures of schist or greywackes and quartzitic outcrops of the Guadiana basin, in the southeastern part of Portugal (East Mariánica District, Mariánica Range Sector). The Sanguisorbo rupicolae-Dianthetum crassipedis is an association characterized by Dianthus crassipes and Sanguisorba rupicola [41] (Figure 3). As shown in Table 2, the floristic composition also contains other chasmo-chomophytic species from the Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetea indurati class, such as Phagnalon saxatile and Rumex induratus. The rupicolous character is emphasized by the presence, in the companion species group, of chasmophytic elements from the Asplenietea trichomanis class, such as Cheilanthes maderensis, Cheilanthes guanchica and Cosentinia vellea. Regarding the xerophilous position, this new association develops on the most exposed sector of the cliffs or crests and is distributed in holm oak woodland domains of the Myrto communis-Quercetum rotundifoliae or, in the driest siliceous areas of the lower part of the Guadiana valley, on potential areas of the sclerophyllous shrubs of Juniperus turbinata, from the Phlomido purpureae-Juniperetum turbinatae.
We place this new Dianthus crassipes community, at association rank, within the Rumici indurati-Dianthion lusitani alliance, which comprises the heliophilous and xerophilous chasmo-chomophytic communities growing on acid siliceous rocks of the West Iberian Mediterranean Province [12].
II—Antirrhinetum onubensis ass. nova hoc. loco (Table 3; clusters 9–16).
The new association Antirrhinetum onubensis (holotypus Table 3, relevé 6) occurs in the thermomediterranean, dry to sub-humid belts of the Algarve District (Algarve and Monchique Sector), on sub-coastal cliffs or rocky fissures of limestones from southern Portugal (Barrocal algarvio reliefs) (Figure 4). Thus, Antirrhinetum onubensis is a calcicolous association developed in potential areas of the edaphoxerophilous woodlands dominated by Quercus rotundifolia (Rhamno oleoidis-Quercetum rotundifoliae), Juniperus turbinata (Aristolochio baeticae-Juniperetum turbinatae) and Ceratonia siliqua (Vinco difformis-Ceratonietum siliquae).
The new Antirrhinum onubensis chasmo-chomophytic community proposed here is characterized by other species from the class Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetea indurati, such as Sedum mucizonia and Phagnalon saxatile, and other thermophile differential species (Table 1): Asplenium petrarchae, Genista hirsuta subsp. algarbiensis, Aristolochia baetica, Elaeoselinum tenuifolium.
We place the Antirrhinetum onubensis at the association rank, in the Calendulo lusitanicae-Antirrhinion linkiani alliance, which encompasses the rupicolous vegetation of calcareous crevices of central and western Portugal (in the Divisório Portuguese Sector and Arrabida Sierran District) [10,26]. Nevertheless, according to our results, we propose to modify the alliance diagnosis, extending over the biogeographical territories of the southern Portugal (Algarve District, Algarve and Monchique Sector). Moreover, this community should be classified as a priority habitat from Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC, under the Natura 2000 code: *6110 Rupicolous calcareous or basophilic grasslands of the Alysso-Sedion albi, from the Annex I habitat types of the Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992.
3.3. Syntaxonomical Scheme
- PHAGNALO SAXATILIS-RUMICETEA INDURATI (Rivas Goday & Esteve 1972) Rivas-Martínez, Izco & Costa 1973
- PHAGNALO SAXATILIS-RUMICETALIA INDURATI Rivas Goday & Esteve 1972
- Rumici indurati-Dianthion lusitani Rivas-Martínez, Izco & Costa ex V. Fuente 1986
- Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetum indurati Rivas-Martínez ex F. Navarro & C. Valle in Ruiz 1986
- Digitali thapsi-Dianthetum lusitani Rivas-Martínez ex V. Fuente 1986
- Silene acutifoliae-Dianthetum lusitani Vicente & Galán 2008
- Sileno montistellensis-Dianthetum lusitani Rivas-Martínez 1981 corr. Ladero, Rivas-Martínez, Amor, M.T. Santos & Alonso 1999
- Sanguisorbo rupicolae-Dianthetum crassipedis Quinto-Canas, Cano-Ortiz, Spampinato, del Río, M. Raposo, Piñar Fuentes & Pinto-Gomes ass. nova hoc loco
- Calendulo lusitanicae-Antirrhinion linkiani Ladero, C. Valle, M.T. Santos, Amor, Espírito Santo, Lousã & J.C. Costa 1991
- Phagnalo saxatilis-Dianthetum barbati C. Lopes, Pinto-Gomes, Lousã & Ladero 2012
- Sileno longiciliae-Antirrhinetum linkiani Ladero, C. Valle, M.T. Santos, Amor, Espírito Santo, Lousã & J.C. Costa 1991
- Antirrhinetum onubensis Quinto-Canas, Cano-Ortiz, Spampinato, del Río, M. Raposo, Piñar Fuentes & Pinto-Gomes ass. nova hoc loco
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, R.Q.C., M.R. and C.P.G.; methodology, C.P.G. and S.d.R.; software, R.Q.C., J.C.P.F. and M.R.; validation, C.P.G. and S.d.R.; formal analysis, R.Q.C., A.C.-O. and G.S.; investigation, R.Q.C., A.C.-O., G.S. and J.C.P.F.; resources, R.Q.C., A.C.-O., G.S. and J.C.P.F.; data curation, R.Q.C., A.C.-O., G.S. and C.P.G.; writing—original draft preparation, R.Q.C.; writing—review and editing, C.P.G., A.C.-O., S.d.R. and G.S.; visualization, J.C.P.F.; supervision, C.P.G. and S.d.R. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This research received no external funding.
Institutional Review Board Statement
Not applicable.
Informed Consent Statement
Not applicable.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
References
- Cano, E.; Ortiz, A.C.; Musarella, C.M. Introductory Chapter: Endemism as a Basic Element for the Conservation of Species and Habitats. In Endemic Species; IntechOpen: London, UK, 2019. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version]
- Musarella, C.M.; Stinca, A.; Cano-Ortíz, A.; Laface, V.L.A.; Petrilli, R.; Esposito, A.; Spampinato, G. New data on the alien vascular flora of Calabria (Southern Italy). Ann. Bot. 2020, 10, 55–66. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Quinto Canas, R.; Mendes, P.; Cano-Ortiz, A.; Musarella, C.; Pinto-Gomes, C. Forest fringe communities of the southwestern Iberian Peninsula. Rev. Chapingo Serte Cienc. For. Ambiente 2018, 24, 415–434. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Cano Ortiz, A.; Musarella, C.M.; Pinto Gomes, C.J.; Quinto Canas, R.; Piñar Fuentes, J.C.; Cano, E. Phytosociological Study, Diversity and Conservation Status of the Cloud Forest in the Dominican Republic. Plants 2020, 9, 741. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- Piñar Fuentes, J.C.; Cano-Ortiz, A.; Musarella, C.M.; Pinto-Gomes, C.; Spampinato, G.; Cano, E. Rupicolous habitats of interest for conservation in the central-southern Iberian peninsula. Plant Sociol. 2017, 54, 29–42. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Cano, E.; Musarella, C.M.; Cano-Ortiz, A.; Piñar, J.C.; Pinto Gomes, C.J.; Rodríguez Torres, A.; Spampinato, G. A phytosociological review of siliceous sedges in C-W Spain and their state of conservation based on diversity indices. Plant Sociol. 2017, 54, 5–14. [Google Scholar]
- Spampinato, G.; Musarella, C.M.; Cano-Ortiz, A.; Signorino, G. Habitat, occurrence and conservation status of the Saharo-Macaronesian and Southern-Mediterranean element Fagonia cretica L. (Zygophyllaceae) in Italy. J. Arid Land 2018, 10, 140–151. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version]
- Spampinato, G.; Sciandrello, S.; Giusso Del Galdo, G.; Puglisi, M.; Tomaselli, V.; Cannavò, S.; Musarella, C.M. Contribution to the knowledge of Mediterranean wetland biodiversity: Plant communities of the Aquila Lake (Calabria, Southern Italy). Plant Sociol. 2019, 53–68. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Wagensommer, R.P.; Fröhlich, T.; Fröhlich, M. First record of the southeast European species Cerinthe retorta Sibth. & Sm. (Boraginaceae) in Italy and considerations on its distribution and conservation status. Acta Bot. Gall. Bot. Lett. 2014, 161, 111–115. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Wagensommer, R.P.; Medagli, P.; Turco, A.; Perrino, E.V. IUCN Red List evaluation of the Orchidaceae endemic to Apulia (Italy) and considerations on the application of the IUCN protocol to rare species. Nat. Conserv. Res. 2020, 5 (Suppl. 1), 90–101. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Piñar Fuentes, J.C.; Cano-Ortiz, A.; Musarella, C.M.; Quinto Canas, R.; Pinto Gomes, C.J.; Spampinato, G.; del Río, S.; Cano, E. Bioclimatology, Structure, and Conservation Perspectives of Quercus Pyrenaica, Acer opalus subsp. granatensis, and Corylus avellana Deciduous Forests on Mediterranean Bioclimate in the South-Central Part of the Iberian Peninsula. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6500. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version]
- Costa, J.C.; Neto, C.; Aguiar, C.; Capelo, J.; Espírito-Santo, M.D.; Honrado, J.; Pinto-Gomes, C.; Monteiro-Henriques, T.; Sequeira, M.; Lousã, M. Vascular Plant Communities in Portugal (Continental, Azores and Madeira). Glob. Geobot. 2012, 2, 1–180. [Google Scholar]
- Rivas Martínez, S.; Penas, Á.; Díaz González, T.E.; Ladero, M.; Asensi, A.; Díez Garretas, B.; Molero Mesa, J.; Valle Tendero, F.; Cano, E.; Costa Talens, M.; et al. Mapa de series, geoseries y geopermaseries de vegetación de España (Memoria del mapa de vegetación potencial de España). Parte II. Itinera Geobot. 2011, 18, 5–800. [Google Scholar]
- Rivas-Martínez, S.; Penas, Á.; del Río, S.; Díaz González, T.E.; Rivas-Sáenz, S. Bioclimatology of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. In The Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula; Loidi, J., Ed.; Plant and Vegetation; Springer International Publishing: Cham, Switzerland, 2017; Volume 1, pp. 29–80. ISBN 978-3-319-54784-8. [Google Scholar]
- Braun-Blanquet, J. Vegetationsskizzen Aus Dem Baskenland Mit Ausblicken Auf Das Weitere Ibero-Atlantikum II Teil. Vegetation 1967, 14, 1–126. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Géhu, J.M.; Rivas-Martínez, S. Notions Fondadamentales de Phytosociologie. In Syntaxonomie. Berichte der Internationalen Symposien IV–V; Dierschke, H., Ed.; Cramer: Vaduz, Germany, 1981; pp. 5–33. [Google Scholar]
- Rivas-Martínez, S. Avances En Geobotánica. In Discurso de Apertura del Curso Académico de La Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia del Año; Real Acad. Nacional de Farmacia: Madrid, Spain, 2005. [Google Scholar]
- Biondi, E. Phytosociology Today: Methodological and Conceptual Evolution. Plant Biosyst. Int. J. Deal. All Asp. Plant Biol. 2011, 145, 19–29. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Rivas-Martínez, S.; Penas, Á.; Díaz González, T.E.; Cantó, P.; del Río, S.; Costa, J.C.; Herrero, L.; Molero, J. Biogeographic Units of the Iberian Peninsula and Baelaric Islands to District Level. A Concise Synopsis. In The Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula; Loidi, J., Ed.; Plant and Vegetation; Springer International Publishing: Cham, Switzerland, 2017; Volume 1, pp. 131–188. ISBN 978-3-319-54784-8. [Google Scholar]
- Sánchez, S.L. Estudio de la Flora y Vegetación de las Comarcas Toledanas del Tramo Central de la Cuenca del Tajo. Ph.D. Thesis, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 1986. [Google Scholar]
- Fuente, V. Vegetación orófila del occidente de la provincia de Guadalajara (España). Lazaroa 1985, 8, 123–219. [Google Scholar]
- Orellana, V.J.; Galán de Mera, A. Nuevas aportaciones al conocimento de la vegetacion luso-extremadurense. Estudio de las sierras de las Villuercas (Extremadura, España) y San Mamede (Alto Alentejo, Portugal). Acta Bot. Malacit. 2008, 33, 169–214. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Rivas-Martínez, S. Sobre la vegetación de la Serra da Estrela (Portugal). An. Real Acad. Farm. 1981, 47, 435–480. [Google Scholar]
- Lopes, C.; Pinto-Gomes, C.; Lousã, M.; Ladero, M. Phagnalo saxatilis-Dianthetum barbati C. Lopes, Pinto-Gomes, Lousã & Ladero ass. nova hoc loco; Costa et al. Eds.; Vascular Plant Communities in Portugal (Continental, Azores and Madeira). Glob. Geobot. 2012, 2, 97. [Google Scholar]
- Ladero, M.; Valle, C.; Santos, M.T.; Amor, A.; Espírito Santo, M.D.; Lousã, M.; Costa, J.C. Sobre la vegetación y flora rupicola de las intercalaciones calcareas de los sectores Divisorio portugés y Beirense litoral. Candollea 1991, 46, 53–59. [Google Scholar]
- Rivas-Martínez, S.; Fernández-González, F.; Loidi, J.; Lousã, M.; Penas, Á. Syntaxonomical Checklist of Vascular Plant Communities of Spain and Portugal to Association Level. Itinera Geobot. 2001, 14, 5–341. [Google Scholar]
- Rivas-Martínez, S.; Díaz, T.E.; Fernández-González, F.; Izco, J.; Loidi, J.; Lousã, M.; Penas, Á. Vascular Plant Communities of Spain and Portugal: Addenda to the Syntaxonomical Checklist of 2001. Itinera Geobot. 2002, 15, 5–922. [Google Scholar]
- Mucina, L.; Bültmann, H.; Dierßen, K.; Theurillat, J.-P.; Raus, T.; Čarni, A.; Šumberová, K.; Willner, W.; Dengler, J.; García, R.G.; et al. Vegetation of Europe: Hierarchical floristic classification system of vascular plant, bryophyte, lichen, and algal communities. Appl. Veg. Sci. 2016, 19, 3–264. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Coutinho, A. Flora de Portugal (Plantas Vasculares), 2nd ed.; Bertrand: Lisboa, Portugal, 1939. [Google Scholar]
- Franco, J. Nova Flora de Portugal (Continente e Açores); Escolar: Lisboa, Portugal, 1971; Volume I. [Google Scholar]
- Franco, J.; Rocha-Afonso, M. Nova Flora de Portugal (Continente e Açores); Escolar: Lisboa, Portugal, 1994; Volume III. [Google Scholar]
- Castroviejo, S. Flora Iberica. In Real Jardín Botánico; CSIC: Madrid, Spain, 1986. [Google Scholar]
- Valdés, B.; Talavera, S.; Fernández-Galiano, E. Flora Vascular de Andalucía Occidental; Ketres: Barcelona, Spain, 1987. [Google Scholar]
- Sequeira, M.; Espírito-Santo, D.; Aguiar, C.; Capelo, C.; Honrado, J.J. (Eds.) Checklist da Flora de Portugal Continental, Açores e Madeira; ALFA: Lisboa, Portugal, 2011. [Google Scholar]
- Quinto Canas, R.; Cano-Ortiz, A.; Musarella, C.M.; del Río, S.; Raposo, M.; Fuentes, J.C.P.; Gomes, C.P. Quercus rotundifolia Lam. Woodlands of the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula. Land 2021, 10, 268. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Meireles, C. Flora e Vegetação da Serra da Estrela. Aproximação Fitossociológica da Vertente Meridional. Ph.D. Thesis, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain, 2010. [Google Scholar]
- Theurillat, J.P.; Willner, W.; Fernández-González, F.; Bültmann, H.; Carni, A.; Gigante, D.; Mucina, L.; Weber, H. International Code of Phytosociological Nomenclature. 4th edition. Appl. Veg. Sci. 2020, 24, e12491. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version]
- Clarke, K.R. Non-Parametric Multivariate Analyses of Changes in Community Structure. Aust. J. Ecol. 1993, 18, 117–143. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Clarke, K.R.; Gorley, R.N. Primer v6 User Manual/Tutorial: Software for PRIMER-E (Version 6.1.5); Primer, E., Ed.; PRIMER-e: Plymouth, UK, 2006. [Google Scholar]
- Van der Maarel, E. Transformation of Cover Abundance Values in Phytosociology and Its Effects on Community Similarity. Vegetation 1979, 97–114. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Quinto-Canas, R. Flora y Vegetación de La Serra Do Caldeirão. Ph.D. Thesis, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain, 2014. [Google Scholar]
Figure 1.
Biogeographical map of the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula at sector level, following Rivas-Martínez et al. [19].
Figure 1.
Biogeographical map of the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula at sector level, following Rivas-Martínez et al. [19].
Figure 2.
Classification analysis (UPGMA clustering dendrogram (with Bray–Curtis distance) on chasmo-chomophytic associations from the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula (included in both Rumici indurati-Dianthion lusitani and Calendulo lusitanicae-Antirrhinion linkiani alliances): 1—Silene acutifoliae-Dianthetum lusitani (32–40); 2—Sileno montistellensis-Dianthetum lusitani (41–44); 3—Digitali thapsi-Dianthetum lusitani (22–31); 4—Antirrhinetum onubensis (9–16); 5—Sileno longiciliae-Antirrhinetum linkiani (52–64); 6—Sanguisorbo rupicolae-Dianthetum crassipedis (1–8); 7—Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetum indurati (17–21); 8—Phagnalo saxatilis-Dianthetum barbati (45–51).
Figure 2.
Classification analysis (UPGMA clustering dendrogram (with Bray–Curtis distance) on chasmo-chomophytic associations from the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula (included in both Rumici indurati-Dianthion lusitani and Calendulo lusitanicae-Antirrhinion linkiani alliances): 1—Silene acutifoliae-Dianthetum lusitani (32–40); 2—Sileno montistellensis-Dianthetum lusitani (41–44); 3—Digitali thapsi-Dianthetum lusitani (22–31); 4—Antirrhinetum onubensis (9–16); 5—Sileno longiciliae-Antirrhinetum linkiani (52–64); 6—Sanguisorbo rupicolae-Dianthetum crassipedis (1–8); 7—Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetum indurati (17–21); 8—Phagnalo saxatilis-Dianthetum barbati (45–51).
Figure 3.
Sanguisorbo rupicolae-Dianthetum crassipedis on rocky cliff fissures in the lower Guadiana basin (Ribeira da Foupanilha, near Vaqueiros—Alcoutim), included in the southwestern part of the Mariánica Range Sector.
Figure 3.
Sanguisorbo rupicolae-Dianthetum crassipedis on rocky cliff fissures in the lower Guadiana basin (Ribeira da Foupanilha, near Vaqueiros—Alcoutim), included in the southwestern part of the Mariánica Range Sector.
Figure 4.
Antirrhinetum onubensis on rocky fissures of limestones in the Algarve and Monchique Sector—Barrocal algarvio (left: Varejota, Parragil—Loulé; right: Cerro da Cabeça, Moncarapacho—Olhão).
Figure 4.
Antirrhinetum onubensis on rocky fissures of limestones in the Algarve and Monchique Sector—Barrocal algarvio (left: Varejota, Parragil—Loulé; right: Cerro da Cabeça, Moncarapacho—Olhão).
Table 1.
Synoptic table of southwestern Iberian Peninsula chasmo-chomophytic communities linked to the Rumici indurati-Dianthion lusitani and Calendulo lusitanicae-Antirrhinion linkiani alliances.
Table 1.
Synoptic table of southwestern Iberian Peninsula chasmo-chomophytic communities linked to the Rumici indurati-Dianthion lusitani and Calendulo lusitanicae-Antirrhinion linkiani alliances.
| Association No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association Characteristics | ||||||||
| Dianthus crassipes R. Roem. | V | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Sanguisorba rupicola (Boiss. & Reut.) A. Braun & C.D. Bouché | IV | II | . | . | . | . | II | . |
| Rumex induratus Boiss. & Reut. | IV | . | V | IV | . | . | . | . |
| Phagnalon saxatile (L.) Cass. | IV | III | V | . | . | . | V | III |
| Antirrhinum onubensis (Fern. Casas) Valdés | . | V | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Sedum mucizonia (Ortega) Raym.-Hamet | . | IV | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Dianthus lusitanus Brot. | . | . | III | V | V | V | . | . |
| Anarrhinum bellidifolium (L.) Willd. | . | . | . | III | . | . | . | . |
| Digitalis thapsi L. | . | . | . | V | II | . | . | . |
| Silene acutifolia Link ex Rohrb. | . | . | . | . | V | . | . | . |
| Conopodium majus subsp. marizianum (Samp.) López Udías & Mateo | . | . | . | . | V | . | . | . |
| Silene x montistellensis M. Ladero et al. | . | . | . | . | . | V | . | . |
| Narcissus rupicola Dufour | . | . | . | . | . | V | . | . |
| Dianthus barbatus L. | . | . | . | . | . | . | V | . |
| Antirrhinum linkianum Boiss. & Reuter | . | . | . | . | . | . | V | V |
| Calendula suffruticosa subsp. Lusitanica (Boiss.) Ohle | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | IV |
| Avenula lodunensis subsp. occidentalis (Delastre) Kerguélen | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | III |
| Arabis sadina (Samp.) Cout. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | II |
| Rumex intermedius DC. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | II |
| Saxifraga cintrana Willk. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | I |
| Alliance, Order and Class Characteristics | ||||||||
| Erysimum linifolium Rivas Goday & Bellot | . | . | III | . | . | . | . | . |
| Antirrhinum graniticum Rothm. | . | . | III | I | . | . | . | . |
| Sedum hirsutum All. | . | . | III | . | V | III | . | . |
| Companions | ||||||||
| Lavandula luisieri (Rozeira) Rivas Mart. | IV | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Genista polyanthos R. Roem. Ex Willk. | IV | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Cistus ladanifer L. | IV | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Rosmarinus officinalis L. | III | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Scilla autumnalis L. | III | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Phlomis purpurea L. | III | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Cheilanthes maderensis Lowe | III | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Quercus rotundifolia Lam. | II | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Polypodium interjectum Shivas | II | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Leucojum autumnale L. | II | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Campanula lusitanica L. | II | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Cheilanthes guanchica Bolle | II | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Pistacia lentiscus L. | II | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Olea europaea var.sylvestris (Mill.) Rouy ex Hegi | II | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Cosentinia vellea (Aiton) Todaro | II | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Centaurea melitensis L. | II | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Thymus mastichina (L.) L. | III | II | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Dactylis hispanica subsp. lusitanica (Stebbins & Zohary) Rivas Mart. & Izco | III | . | . | . | . | . | III | . |
| Sedum forsterianum Sm. | III | . | . | . | . | . | . | I |
| Rhamnus oleoides L. | II | III | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Hyparrhenia sinaica (Delile) Llauradó ex G. López | II | . | . | . | . | . | III | . |
| Helichrysum stoechas (L.) Moench | II | . | . | . | . | . | III | . |
| Rhamnus alaternus L. | II | . | . | . | . | . | . | I |
| Umbilicus rupestris (Salisb.) Dandy | III | II | IV | IV | V | III | . | . |
| Prasium majus L. | . | IV | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Asplenium petrarchae (Guérin) DC. | . | IV | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Genista hirsuta subsp. algarbiensis (Brot.) Rivas Mart. et al. | . | III | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Aristolochia baetica L. | . | III | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Asparagus albus L. | . | III | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Juniperus turbinata Guss. | . | II | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Valantia hispida L. | . | II | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Theligonum cynocrambe L. | . | II | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Pistacia terebinthus L. | . | II | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Elaeoselinum tenuifolium (Lag.) Lange in Willk. & Lange | . | II | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ceratonia siliqua L. | . | II | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Campanula erinus L. | . | II | . | . | . | . | . | I |
| Sedum sediforme Jacq.) Pau | . | IV | . | . | . | . | . | II |
| Asplenium billotii F.W. Schultz | . | . | IV | . | I | . | . | . |
| Melica minuta L. | . | IV | . | . | . | . | III | III |
| Polypodium cambricum L. | . | III | . | . | I | . | . | I |
| Galium glaucum subsp. australe L. | . | . | V | . | . | . | . | . |
| Cheilanthes hispanica Mett. | . | . | II | . | . | . | . | . |
| Sanguisorba minor Scop. | . | . | II | . | . | . | . | . |
| Lavandula pedunculata (Mill.) Cav. | . | . | II | . | . | . | . | . |
| Isatis platyloba Link ex Steud. | . | . | II | . | . | . | . | . |
| Lactuca serriola L. | . | . | II | . | . | . | . | . |
| Linaria saxatilis (L.) Chaz. | . | . | II | . | . | . | . | . |
| Sedum album L. | . | . | II | . | . | . | III | III |
| Sesamoides purpurascens (L.) G. López | . | . | . | IV | . | . | . | . |
| Linaria nivea Boiss. & Reuter | . | . | . | III | . | . | . | . |
| Arrhenatherum elatius subsp. elatius (L.) P. Beauv. ex J. Presl & C. Presl | . | . | . | III | . | . | . | . |
| Allium scorzonerifolium Desf. | . | . | . | II | . | . | . | . |
| Bufonia macropetala Willk. | . | . | . | II | . | . | . | . |
| Hieracium castellanum Boiss. & Reut. | . | . | . | II | . | . | . | . |
| Leucanthemopsis pallida (Mill.) Heywood | . | . | . | I | . | . | . | . |
| Asplenium septentrionale (L.) Hoffm. | . | . | . | I | . | . | . | . |
| Agrostis truncatula Parl. | . | . | . | I | . | . | . | . |
| Koeleria crassipes Lange | . | . | . | I | . | . | . | . |
| Jasione sessiliflora Boiss. & Reut. | . | . | . | III | . | IV | . | . |
| Biscutella valentina (Loefl. ex L.) Heywood | . | . | . | III | . | . | . | IV |
| Lactuca viminea subsp. chondrilliflora Boreau | . | . | . | II | . | . | . | II |
| Scrophularia canina L. | . | . | . | II | . | . | II | . |
| Polypodium vulgare L. | . | . | . | I | . | III | . | . |
| Sedum brevifolium DC. | . | . | . | I | V | III | . | . |
| Arrhenatherum elatius subsp. sardoum (Em.Schmid) Gamisans | . | . | . | . | V | . | . | . |
| Hypochaeris radicata L. | . | . | . | . | V | . | . | . |
| Armeria x francoi J.C. Costa Capelo | . | . | . | . | IV | . | . | . |
| Rumex acetosella subsp. angiocarpus (Murb.) Murb. | . | . | . | . | II | . | . | . |
| Pteridium aquilinum L. | . | . | . | . | II | . | . | . |
| Quercus pyrenaica Willd. | . | . | . | . | I | . | . | . |
| Calluna vulgaris (L.) Huds. | . | . | . | . | I | . | . | . |
| Micropyrum tenellum (L.) Link. | . | . | . | . | I | . | . | . |
| Festuca indigesta Lag. x Lange | . | . | . | . | . | V | . | . |
| Digitalis purpurea L. | . | . | . | . | . | IV | . | . |
| Juniperus communis subsp. alpina (Suter) Celakn | . | . | . | . | . | IV | . | . |
| Agrostis delicatula Pourr. ex Lapeyr. | . | . | . | . | . | III | . | . |
| Murbeckiella boryi (Boiss.) Rothm. | . | . | . | . | . | III | . | . |
| Phalacrocarpum oppositifolium (Brot.) Willk. | . | . | . | . | . | III | . | . |
| Micromeria juliana (L.) Rchb. | . | . | . | . | . | . | IV | . |
| Urginea maritima (L.) Baker | . | . | . | . | . | . | III | . |
| Carex hallerana Asso | . | . | . | . | . | . | II | . |
| Thymus sylvestris Hoffmans. & Link | . | . | . | . | . | . | II | . |
| Linaria supina (L.) Mill. | . | . | . | . | . | . | III | I |
| Piptatherum miliaceum (L.) Coss. | . | . | . | . | . | . | III | I |
| Melica magnolii (Gren. & Godr.) K. Richt. | . | . | . | . | . | . | II | III |
| Sanguisorba verrucosa (Link ex G. Don) Ces | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | IV |
| Galium lucidum subsp. fruticescens All. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | IV |
| Silene gracilis DC. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | III |
| Ceterach officinarum DC. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | III |
| Geranium purpureum Vill. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | III |
| Bituminaria bituminosa (L.) C.H. Stirt | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | II |
| Coincya johnstonii (Samp.) Greuter & Burdet | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | II |
| Scabiosa columbaria subsp. affinis (Gren. & Godr.) Nyman | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | II |
| Crambe hispanica L. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | II |
| Lagurus ovatus L. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | II |
| Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. maura (G. Beck) Lindb. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | II |
| Hyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf in Prain | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | II |
| Allium paniculatum L. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | II |
| Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens D.E. Mey | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | I |
| Asplenium ruta-muraria L. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | I |
| Selaginella denticulata (L.) Link | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | I |
| Hedera maderensis subsp. iberica Mc Allister | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | I |
| Brachypodium distachyon (L.) Beauv. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | I |
| Blackstonia perfoliata (L.) Huds. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | I |
| Avena barbata Pott ex Link | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | I |
| Crepis taraxacifolia Thuill. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | I |
| Arrhenatherum album (Vahl) W.D. Clayton | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | I |
| Torilis nodosa (L.) Gaertn. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | I |
| Sideritis hirsuta L. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | I |
| Hyacinthoides hispanica (Mill.) Rothm. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | I |
| Cheirolophus sempervirens (L.) Pomel | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | I |
| Iberis microcarpa (Franco & P. Silva) Rivas Mart. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | I |
| Clinopodium vulgare L. | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | I |
Association: No. 1 Sanguisorbo rupicolae-Dianthetum crassipedis (Table 2 of this paper, 8 relevés; clusters 1–8); No. 2 Antirrhinetum onubensis (Table 3 of this paper, 8 relevés; 9–16); No. 3 Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetum indurati Rivas-Martínez ex F. Navarro & C. Valle in Ruiz 1986 ([20]: Table 12, 5 relevés; clusters 17–21); No. 4 Digitali thapsi-Dianthetum lusitani Rivas-Martínez ex V. Fuente 1986 ([21]: Table 12, 10 relevés; clusters 22–31); No. 5 Silene acutifoliae-Dianthetum lusitani Vicente & Galán 2008 ([22]: Table 3, 9 relevés; clusters 32–40); No. 6 Sileno montistellensis-Dianthetum lusitani Rivas-Martínez 1981 corr. Ladero, Rivas-Martínez, Amor, M.T. Santos & Alonso 1999 ([23]: Table 6, 4 relevés; clusters 41–44); No. 7 Phagnalo saxatilis-Dianthetum barbati C. Lopes, Pinto-Gomes, Lousã & Ladero 2012 ([24]: Table 20, 6 relevés; clusters 45–51); No. 8 Sileno longiciliae-Antirrhinetum linkiani Ladero, C. Valle, M.T. Santos, Amor, Espírito Santo, Lousã & J.C. Costa 1991 ([25]: Table 1, 13 relevés clusters 52–64). The highlighted cells indicate the characteristic species of each association.
Table 2.
Sanguisorbo rupicolae-Dianthetum crassipedis ass. nova hoc. loco (Rumici indurati-Dianthion lusitani, Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetalia indurati and Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetea indurati).
Table 2.
Sanguisorbo rupicolae-Dianthetum crassipedis ass. nova hoc. loco (Rumici indurati-Dianthion lusitani, Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetalia indurati and Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetea indurati).
| Relevé No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 * | PRESENCES |
| Surface (m2) | 20 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 25 | 30 | |
| Altitude (m) | 160 | 210 | 210 | 270 | 185 | 135 | 215 | 220 | |
| Cover Rate (%) | 70 | 50 | 70 | 50 | 35 | 35 | 55 | 70 | |
| Orientation | NE | E | O | O | NE | O | NO | O | |
| Slope (%) | 35 | 60 | 80 | 50 | 25 | 65 | 35 | 80 | |
| Average Height (m) | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.35 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
| No. of Species | 11 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | |
| Association Characteristics of Association and Higher Units | |||||||||
| Dianthus crassipes | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | V |
| Sanguisorba rupicola | + | - | - | 1 | - | + | + | + | IV |
| Alliance and Higher Ranks Characteristics | |||||||||
| Phagnalon saxatile | - | + | + | 1 | + | - | - | + | IV |
| Rumex induratus | - | - | - | - | + | + | + | + | III |
| Companions | |||||||||
| Lavandula luisieri | - | 1 | - | + | + | + | - | r | IV |
| Genista polyanthos | r | - | r | - | - | + | r | r | IV |
| Cistus ladanifer | + | + | + | - | - | - | + | - | III |
| Rosmarinus officinalis | - | - | + | - | - | + | - | + | II |
| Dactylis hispanica subsp. lusitanica | + | - | - | + | + | - | - | - | II |
| Umbilicus rupestris | - | - | + | - | - | - | + | + | II |
| Scilla autumnalis | 1 | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | II |
| Phlomis purpurea | - | - | + | + | - | - | - | - | II |
| Thymus mastichina | - | + | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | II |
| Sedum forsterianum | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | II |
| Cheilanthes maderensis | - | - | - | + | - | - | r | - | II |
Other taxa—Companions: +Quercus rotundifolia, +Rhamnus oleoides, +Polypodium interjectum, +Leucojum autumnale in 1; +Campanula lusitanica in 2; 1 Cheilanthes guanchica, r Rhamnus alaternus in 4; +Helichrysum stoechas in 5; +Pistacia lentiscus, +Olea europaea var. sylvestris in 6; +Hyparrhenia sinaica, +Cosentinia vellea, +Asparagus albus, +Centaurea melitensis in 8. Location of the relevés: 1—Monte da Ribeira (near Cachopo; lat 37°17′45.23″ N, long 7°44′54.44″ W); 2—Pão Duro (near Vaqueiros; lat 37°23′08.67″ N, long 7°44′54.94″ W); 3—Madeiras (lat 37°20′02.44″ N, long 7°43′38.15″ W); 4—Tavilhão (near Ameixial; lat 37°22′31.81″ N, long 8°00′00.15″ W); 5—Azinhosa (near Relvais; lat 37°18′14.40″ N, long 7°44′24.49″ W); 6—Galego (lat 37°20′17.16″ N, long 7°43′26.65″ W; 7—Plenganas (near Vaqueiros; lat 37°24′15.03″ N, long 7°44′16.45″ W); 8 (* holotypus)—Madeiras (lat 37°20′06.03″ N, long 7°43′38.82″ W).
Table 3.
Antirrhinetum onubensis ass. nova hoc. loco (Calendulo lusitanicae-Antirrhinion linkiani, Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetalia indurati and Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetea indurati).
Table 3.
Antirrhinetum onubensis ass. nova hoc. loco (Calendulo lusitanicae-Antirrhinion linkiani, Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetalia indurati and Phagnalo saxatilis-Rumicetea indurati).
| Relevé No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 * | 7 | 8 | PRESENCES |
| Surface (m2) | 15 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 15 | |
| Altitude (m) | 235 | 245 | 380 | 250 | 240 | 245 | 260 | 250 | |
| Cover rate (%) | 30 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 35 | 30 | 35 | 30 | |
| Orientation | NO | S | S | N | SO | N | O | S | |
| Slope (%) | 70 | 80 | 30 | 40 | 60 | 80 | 50 | 60 | |
| Average Height (m) | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0,5 | |
| No. of Species | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 9 | |
| Association Characteristic | |||||||||
| Antirrhinum onubensis | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | V |
| Alliance and Higher Rank Characteristics | |||||||||
| Sedum mucizonia | - | - | + | 1 | 1 | + | + | 1 | IV |
| Phagnalon saxatile | - | - | - | - | - | r | + | + | II |
| Sanguisorba rupicola | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | I | |
| Companions | |||||||||
| Melica minuta | + | + | + | - | - | + | - | + | IV |
| Asplenium petrarchae | - | + | - | + | r | + | - | + | IV |
| Sedum sediforme | - | - | + | + | 1 | - | - | + | III |
| Prasium majus | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | - | III |
| Genista hirsuta subsp. algarbiensis | + | - | - | - | + | + | - | + | III |
| Asplenium ceterach | + | - | - | - | - | + | + | - | II |
| Aristolochia baetica | - | - | + | + | - | + | - | - | II |
| Rhamnus oleoides | + | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | II |
| Asparagus albus | - | - | + | - | - | + | - | - | II |
| Polypodium cambricum | - | - | - | - | - | + | + | - | II |
Other taxa—Companions: 1 Juniperus turbinata, +Valantia hispida in 1; +Theligonum cynocrambe in 2; +Campanula erinus, +Umbilicus rupestris in 3; +Thymus mastichina in 4; +Pistacia terebinthus in 7; +Elaeoselinum tenuifolium; +Ceratonia siliqua in 8. Location of the relevés: 1—Barrocal da Tôr (near Tôr; lat 37°10′24.9″ N, long 8°02′26.9″ W) ; 2—Cerro da Cabeça (near Moncarapacho; lat 37°06′33.9″ N, long 7°46′54.8″ W); 3—Rocha da Pena (near Salir); 4—Malhada Velha (near Loulé; lat 37°10′20.4″ N, long 8°00′37.0″ W); 5—Varejota (near Parragil; lat 37°10′19.3″ N, long 8°04′50.3″ W); 6 (*holotypus)—Barrocal da Tôr (near Tôr; lat 37°10′25.3″ N, long 8°02′39.4″ W); 7—Malhada Velha (near Loulé; 37°10′18.7″ N 8°00′44.2″ W); 8—Varejota (near Parragil; 37°10′16.8″ N 8°04′47.6″ W).
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. |
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Share and Cite
MDPI and ACS Style
Canas, R.Q.; Cano-Ortiz, A.; Spampinato, G.; del Río, S.; Raposo, M.; Fuentes, J.C.P.; Gomes, C.P. Contribution to the Knowledge of Rocky Plant Communities of the Southwest Iberian Peninsula. Plants 2021, 10, 1590. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10081590
AMA Style
Canas RQ, Cano-Ortiz A, Spampinato G, del Río S, Raposo M, Fuentes JCP, Gomes CP. Contribution to the Knowledge of Rocky Plant Communities of the Southwest Iberian Peninsula. Plants. 2021; 10(8):1590. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10081590
Chicago/Turabian StyleCanas, Ricardo Quinto, Ana Cano-Ortiz, Giovanni Spampinato, Sara del Río, Mauro Raposo, José Carlos Piñar Fuentes, and Carlos Pinto Gomes. 2021. "Contribution to the Knowledge of Rocky Plant Communities of the Southwest Iberian Peninsula" Plants 10, no. 8: 1590. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10081590
Note that from the first issue of 2016, this journal uses article numbers instead of page numbers. See further details here.
