A phytosociological and phytogeographical survey of the coastal vegetation of western North America. Part I: plant communities of Baja California, Mexico

Plant Ecology - Tập 196 - Trang 27-60 - 2007
Manuel Peinado1, Juan Luis Aguirre2, José Delgadillo3, Miguel Ángel Macías4
1Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
2Cátedra de Medio Ambiente, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
3Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Mexico
4Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

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Through tabular and average linkage cluster analyses, 737 phytosociological relevés were classified. Based on these relevés, we described and typified the associations, alliances, orders, and classes grouping the coastal plant communities of the Baja California peninsula. Diagnostic tables, classification by average linkage clustering, and climatic, edaphic, and biogeographical data were used to establish floristic affinities among these syntaxa and to interpret their distributions. Syntaxa were characterized by their floristic composition, physiognomy, and biogeographical distribution, along with their positions in halophilous and psammophilous gradients. Thirty-three associations were identified, of which 22 are here described for the first time. Our syntaxonomical proposal includes descriptions of nine new alliances, seven new orders and four new classes: Allenrolfeetea occidentalis, Atriplici julaceae–Frankenietea palmeri, Euphorbio leucophyllae–Sporoboletea virginici and Achyronichio cooperi–Abronietea villosae.

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