The Vegetation of the Maltese Islands (Geobotany Studies)

Acknowledgements
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Physiography
	2.1 Geographical Characteristics and History of Malta
	2.2 Geology
	2.3 Soils
	2.4 Climate
Chapter 3: History of the Flora and Vegetation
	3.1 Flora
	3.2 Vegetation
Chapter 4: Syntaxonomical Arrangment of Vegetation
Chapter 5: Woody Vegetation
	5.1 Pistacio lentisci-Quercetum ilicis Brullo and Marcenò 1985 (Table 5.1)
	5.2 Asparago aphylli-Tetraclinidetum articulatae ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 5.2)
	5.3 Periploco angustifoliae-Euphorbietum dendroidis Brullo, Di Martino and Marcenò 1977 (Table 5.3)
	5.4 Erico multiflorae-Antyllidetum melitensis Brullo, Minissale and Spampinato 1997 corr. (Table 5.4)
	5.5 Erico multiflorae-Coronilletum glaucae ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 5.5)
	5.6 Suaedo verae-Darnielletum melitensis ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 5.6)
Chapter 6: Chasmophilous Vegetation
	6.1 Hyperico webbii-Chiliadenetum bocconei Brullo and Marcenò 1979 corr. (Table 6.1)
	6.2 Putorio calabricae-Micromerietum microphyllae Brullo and Marcenò 1979 (Table 6.2)
	6.3 Eucladio verticillati-Adiantetum capilli-veneris Br.-Bl. ex Horvatić 1934 (Table 6.3)
Chapter 7: Rocky Coast Vegetation
	7.1 Limonietum zeraphae ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 7.1)
	7.2 Limonietum melitensis ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 7.2)
	7.3 Crithmo maritimi-Limonietum virgati Pirone 1995 (Table 7.3)
	7.4 Anthyllido melitensis-Euphorbietum melitensis ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 7.4)
	7.5 Crucianello rupestris-Helichrysetum melitensis ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 7.5)
Chapter 8: Psammophilous Vegetation
	8.1 Eryngio maritimi-Sporoboletum arenarii (Arènes ex Géhu and Biondi 1994) Rivas Martinez and Cantò in Rivas Martinez et al. ...
	8.2 Cypero capitati-Agropyretum juncei (Kuhnholtz-Lordat 1923) Br.-Bl. 1933 (Table 8.1, ril. 1-14)
	8.3 Medicagini marinae-Ammophiletum australis Br.-BI. 1921 corr. Prieto and Diaz 1991 (Table 8.2)
	8.4 Centaureo sphaerocephalae-Ononidetum ramosissimae Br.-Bl. and M. Frei in M. Frei 1937 (Table 8.3)
	8.5 Salsolo tragi-Cakiletum maritimae Costa and Mansanet 1981, nom. corr. hoc loco (Table 8.4)
Chapter 9: Salt Marshes Vegetation
	9.1 Arthrocnemo macrostachyi-Juncetum subulati Brullo and Furnari 1976 (Table 9.1)
	9.2 Agropyro scirpei-Inuletum longifoliae Brullo in Brullo et al. 1988 nom. corr. hoc loco (Table 9.2)
	9.3 Halimiono portulacoidis-Suaedetum verae (Molinier and Tallon 1970) Gèhu in Gèhu et al. 1984 (Table 9.3)
	9.4 Inulo longifoliae-Juncetum maritimi Brullo in Brullo et al. 1988 nom. corr. hoc loco (Table 9.4)
	9.5 Juncetum maritimo-acuti Horvatic 1934 (Table 9.5)
	9.6 Caricetum divisae Br. -Bl. in Br.-Bl., Roussine and Nègre 1952 (Table 9.6)
	9.7 Suaedo spicatae-Salicornietum patulae Brullo and Furnari ex Géhu and Géhu-Franck 1984 corr. Alcaraz, Ríos, De la Torre, De...
	9.8 Salsoletum sodae Pignatti 1953 (Table 9.8)
	9.9 Suaedetum spicatae Pignatti 1953 corr. hoc loco (Table 9.9)
	9.10 Cressetum creticae Brullo and Furnari 1976 (Table 9.10)
	9.11 Lamprothamnietum papulosi Corillion 1957
	9.12 Enteromorpho intestinalidis-Ruppietum maritimae Westhoff ex R. Tx. and Böckelmann 1957 (Table 9.11)
	9.13 Ruppietum drepanensis Brullo and Furnari 1976 (Table 9.12)
Chapter 10: Hygrophilous Vegetation
	10.1 Phragmitetum australis Savič 1926 (Table 10.1)
	10.2 Typhetum domingensis Brullo, Minissale and Spampinato 1994 (Table 10.2)
	10.3 Polygono salicifolii-Phragmitetum australis Barbagallo, Brullo and Furnari 1979 (Table 10.3)
	10.4 Cyperetum distachyi O. Bolós and R. Molinier 1984 (Table 10.4)
	10.5 Bolboschoenetum compacti Van Langend. 1931 corr. Bueno and F. Prieto in Bueno 1997 (Table 10.5)
	10.6 Helosciadietum nodiflori Maire 1924 (Table 10.6)
	10.7 Apio nodiflori-Glycerietum plicatae Brullo and Spampinato 1988 (Table 10.7)
	10.8 Cyperetum longi Micevski 1957 (Table 10.8)
	10.9 Cypero longi-Caricetum cuprinae R. Tx. ex Díaz Gonzalez and Fernndez-Prieto 1994 (Table 10.9)
	10.10 Caricetum hispidae Brullo and Ronsisvalle 1975 (Table 10.10)
	10.11 Festuco arundinaceae-Caricetum distantis J. Duvign. 1967 (Table 10.11)
	10.12 Phalarido coerulescentis-Schedonoretum arundinacei ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 10.12)
	10.13 Schedonoro arundinacei-Caricetum divisae ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 10.13)
	10.14 Potentillo reptantis-Panicetum repentis ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 10.14)
	10.15 Ranunculetum trichophylli Melendo, Cano and Valle 2003 (Table 10.15)
	10.16 Lemnetum minoris Oberd. ex Müller and Görs 1960
Chapter 11: Seagrass Vegetation
	11.1 Posidonietum oceanicae Molinier 1960
	11.2 Cymodoceetum nodosae Giaccone and Pignatti 1967
	11.3 Halophiletum stipulaceae Augier ex Brullo ass. nov. hoc loco
Chapter 12: Rocky Pool Vegetation
	12.1 Charetum vulgaris Corillion 1957
	12.2 Zanichellietum melitensis ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 12.1)
	12.3 Damasonio bourgaei-Ranunculetum saniculifolii ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 12.2)
	12.4 Crassulo vaillantii-Elatinetum gussonei Bartolo, Brullo, Minissale and Spampinato 1990 (Table 12.3)
	12.5 Lolio lepturoidis-Spergularietum marinae ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 12.4)
	12.6 Triglochino laxiflori-Romuleetum melitensis ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 12.5)
	12.7 Damasonio bourgaei-Crypsietum aculeatae Rivas-Martínez and Costa in Rivas-Martínez et al. 1980 corr. V. Silva and J.C. Co...
Chapter 13: Woody Riparian Vegetation
	13.1 Tamarici gallicae-Viticetum agni-casti ass. nova hoc loco (Table 13.1)
	13.2 Ulmo canescentis-Salicetum pedicellatae Brullo and Spampinato, 1990 (Table 13.2)
Chapter 14: Annual Xerophilous Vegetation
	14.1 Thero-Sedetum caerulei Brullo 1975 (Table 14.1)
	14.2 Vulpio ligusticae-Trisetarietum aureae Brullo 1975 (Table 14.2)
	14.3 Ononido sieberi-Stipelletum capensis ass. nova hoc loco (Table 14.3)
	14.4 Allietum lojaconoi Brullo 1985 (Table 14.4)
	14.5 Silenetum melitensis ass. nova hoc loco (Table 14.5)
	14.6 Phalaridetum paradoxae ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 14.6)
	14.7 Catapodio balearici-Linarietum pseudolaxiflorae ass. nova hoc loco (Table 14.7)
	14.8 Cutandio maritimae-Pseudorlayetum pumilae ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 14.8)
Chapter 15: Xerophilous Grasslands
	15.1 Leontodonto tuberosi-Lygeetum sparti ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 15.1)
	15.2 Convolvulo oleifolii-Lygeetum sparti ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 15.2)
	15.3 Hyparrhenietum hirto-sinaicae A. and O. Bolos and Br.-Bl. in A. and O. Bolos 1950 (Table 15.3)
	15.4 Chamaeleo gummiferis-Brachypodietum retusi C. Brullo, Brullo, Giusso and Tomaselli 2006 (Table 15.4)
	15.5 Diplotaxio tenuifoliae-Oryzopsietum miliaceae Brullo 1984 (Table 15.5)
	15.6 Feruletum melitensis ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 15.6)
	15.7 Romuleo melitensis-Ranunculetum bullati ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 15.7)
Chapter 16: Chasmo-nitrophilous Vegetation
	16.1 Oxalido-Parietarietum judaicae (Br.-Bl. 1952) Segal 1969 (Table 16.1)
	16.2 Parietario judaicae-Matthioletum incanae Vigo and Terrada 1969 (Table 16.2)
	16.3 Capparidetum rupestris O. Bolòs and Molinier 1958 (Table 16.3)
	16.4 Antirrhinetum siculi Bartolo and Brullo 1986 (Table 16.4)
	16.5 Hyoscyamo albi-Parietarietum judaicae Segal 1969 (Table 16.5)
Chapter 17: Annual Halophilous Vegetation
	17.1 Desmazerio pignattii-Senecionetum pygmaei Brullo and Scelsi 1998 (Table 17.1)
	17.2 Anthemido urvilleanae-Frankenietum pulverulentae ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 17.2)
	17.3 Parapholidetum filiformis Brullo, Scelsi and Siracusa 1994 (Table 17.3)
Chapter 18: Ruderal Vegetation
	18.1 Polycarpo tetraphylli-Spergularietum rubrae Brullo and Marcenò 1976 (Table 18.1)
	18.2 Trisetario aureae-Crepidetum bursifoliae Brullo 1980 (Table 18.2)
	18.3 Galio muralis-Trifolietum suffocati ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 18.3).
	18.4 Spergulario rubrae-Filaginetum congestae ass., nov. hoc loco (Table 18.4)
	18.5 Carthamo lanati-Onopordetum argolici ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 18.5)
	18.6 Chrysanthemo coronarii-Malvetum parviflorae Ferro 1980 (Table 18.6)
	18.7 Carduetum marmorati Brullo 1983 corr. hoc loco (Table 18.7)
	18.8 Chrysanthemo coronarii-Silybetum mariani Brullo 1983 (Table 18.8)
	18.9 Hordeo leporini-Sisymbrietum orientalis Oberdorfer 1977 (Table 18.9)
	18.10 Acantho mollis-Smyrnietum olusatri Brullo and Marcenò 1985 (Table 18.10)
	18.11 Lavatero creticae-Malvetum nicaeensis ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 18.11)
	18.12 Spergulario marinae-Taraxacetum minimi ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 18.12)
	18.13 Lavateretum arboreae Br.-Bl. and Molinier 1935 (Table 18.13)
	18.14 Mesembryanthemetum crystallino-nodiflori O. Bolos 1957 (Table 18.14)
	18.15 Amarantho deflexi-Dysphanietum ambrosiodis ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 18.15)
	18.16 Parietario lusitanicae-Veronicetum cymbalariae Brullo and Marcenò 1985 (Table 18.16)
	18.17 Galio aparine-Conietum maculati Rivas-Martinez ex Lopez 1978 (Table 18.17)
	18.18 Calystegio sylvaticae-Arundinetum donacis Brullo, Scelsi and Spampinato 2001 (Table 18.18)
	18.19 Nicotiano glaucae-Ricinetum communis de Foucault 2013 (Table 18.19)
Chapter 19: Weedy Commensal Vegetation
	19.1 Rapistro rugosi-Meliloletum infestae Bartolo, Brullo, Fagotto and Grillo 1983 (Table 19.1)
	19.2 Calendulo tripterocarpae-Hypecoetum procumbentis Bartolo, Brullo, Minissale and Spampinato 1990 (Table 19.2)
	19.3 Fumario densiflorae-Veronietum hederifoliae Brullo and Marcenò 1985a, b (Table 19.3)
	19.4 Fumarietum bicoloris ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 19.4)
	19.5 Diplotaxio erucoidis-Brassicetum sylvestris ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 19.5)
	19.6 Chrozophoro tinctoriae-Kickxietum integrifoliae Brullo and Marcenò 1980 (Table 19.6)
	19.7 Setario pumilae-Echinochloetum colonum A. and O. Bolós ex O. Bolós 1956 (Table 19.7)
	19.8 Setario ambigui-Cyperetum rotundi Brullo, Scelsi and Spampinato 2001c (Table 19.8)
	19.9 Bromo diandri-Brassicetum sylvestris Brullo and Marcenò 1985 (Table 19.9)
Chapter 20: Subnitrophilous Vegetation of Uncultivated Lands
	20.1 Chrysanthemo coronarii-Hippocrepidetum multisiliquosae Brullo and Siracusa 1996 (Table 20.1)
	20.2 Sullo coronariae-Ononidetum mitissimae ass. nov. hoc loco (Table 20.2)
	20.3 Meliloto messanensis-Hordeetum marini Brullo 1983  (Table 20.3)
Chapter 21: Syndinamic Considerations
Chapter 22: Maltese Habitat of Community Interest
References
Index