Orig. (Tüxen 1952): Prunus spinosa-Ligustrum-Ass. Tx. (1928) 1952 (Ligustrum vulgare)

Syn.: Crataego monogynae-Prunetum spinosae Soó 1931 (potenciální správné jméno, § 36, nomen ambiguum rejiciendum propositum), Cornetum sanguineae Kaiser 1950 (potenciální správné jméno), Prunetum spinosae Kaiser 1950 (potenciální správné jméno), Crataego-Prunetum dasyphyllae Jurko 1964, Roso gallicae-Prunetum Mikyška 1968, Viburno lantanae-Cornetum sanguineae Rauschert 1990

Formal definition: (Cornus sanguinea cover > 25.% OR Crataegus monogyna s. l. cover > 25.% OR Ligustrum vulgare cover > 5 % OR Prunus spinosa cover > 25 % OR Rosa canina agg. cover > 25 %) AND (Festuca rupicola cover > 5 % OR Fragaria viridis cover > 5 % OR group Brachypodium pinnatum OR group Carex digitata OR group Geranium sanguineum) NOT group Lathyrus vernus NOT Acer platanoides cover > 25 % NOT Alnus glutinosa cover > 5 % NOT Alnus incana cover > 5 % NOT Carpinus betulus cover > 25 % NOT Cornus mas cover > 25 % NOT Fraxinus excelsior cover > 25.% NOT Pinus nigra cover > 25 % NOT Pinus sylvestris cover > 25 % NOT Prunus mahaleb cover > 25 % NOT Quercus cerris cover > 25 % NOT Quercus petraea agg. cover > 25 % NOT Quercus pubescens agg. cover > 25 % NOT Quercus robur cover > 25 % NOT Salix euxina cover > 25 % NOT Tilia cordata cover > 25 % NOT Tilia platyphyllos cover > 25 %