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Record 1 1999-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Botany
DEF

The unit of next higher rank than the association in the Braun-Blanquet classification of plant communities.

CONT

Associations and fragments of associations which show floristic and sociological affinities between themselves form an alliance or group of associations. [Braun-Blanquet and Pavillard]

CONT

Classes, sub-classes, groups, alliances, and orders.

CONT

... the "Glumal Alliance" of Endogens contains the "Grasses", "Cyperaceæ", and three other allied orders.

OBS

The terminations of the names express their value; the groups end in "-osæ"; the alliances in "-ales"; the orders in "-aceæ"; the suborders in "-eæ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Botanique
DEF

Unité supérieure de la classification phytosociologique, qui comprend les associations végétales proches ayant des espèces caractéristiques en commun.

Spanish

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