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In phytosociology the plant species is generally considered the basic unit in the characterisation of phytosociological units. In the Braun-Blanquet school this principle has been elaborated most explicitly. The species is the type of attribute with which the vegetation is described, typified, and interpreted. The basis for this procedure is empirical: it is the well-known fact that no two species are alike in their distribution and ecological behaviour. We are all acquainted with the relationship between the morphological and the ecological uniqueness of the species.
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van der Maarel, E. (1972). Ordination of Plant Communities on the Basis of Their Plant Genus, Family and Order Relationships. In: Tüxen, R., van der Maarel, E. (eds) Grundfragen und Methoden in der Pflanzensoziologie / Basic Problems and Methods in Phytosociology. Bericht Über das Internationale Symposion der Internationalen Vereinigung für Vegetationskunde 1970 in Rinteln, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7241-5_13
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