Table 3. Morphological and environmental characteristics of the white-flowered Cistus lineage. Data were taken from Grosser [75], Martín & Guinea [76], Dansereau [77] *, Warburg [78], Demoly and Montserrat [79], Greuter [80], Gülz et al. [49] ** and own observations.
| Soil | Climate conditions | Altitude (m) | Insolation conditions*, environment | Leaf shape (length×width in mm) | |
| C. albanicus | serpentines | mesic, Mediterranean mountain | 1000–1500 | submesophyllous, Abies cephalonica woodlands | elliptic (3–5×0.8–1.5)1 |
| C. clusii | calcicolous | dry to semi-arid, Mediterranean coast | 0–1500 | helioxerophyllous, bushy vegetation | linear (10–26×1–2) |
| C. ladanifer | silicolous | dry, Mediterranean | (0) 300–1000 (1500) | subheliophyllous, degradated Quercus suber/ilex woodlands | linear-lanceolate (40–80×6–21) |
| C. laurifolius | silicolous | mesic, Mediterranean mountain | 1900 (400–2800) | submesophyllous, degradated Q. pyrenaica/faginea and Pinus woodland | ovate-lanceolate (40–90×17–30) |
| C. libanotis | silicolous, sandy | dry, Mediterranean coast | 0–500 (1200) | subsciophyllous, degradated Pinus halepensis/pinea and Quercus suber woodlands | linear (22–40×2–5) |
| C. monspeliensis | silicolous | dry, Mediterranean | 0–800 (1200) | subheliophyllous, degradated Quercus suber/ilex and Pinus woodlands | linear-lanceolate (15–45×2–7) |
| C. munbyi | calcicolous | Mediterranean coast | 0–100 | helioxerophyllous, bushy vegetation | linear (6–30×1–4) |
| C. parviflorus | calcicolous | dry, Mediterranean coast | 0–600 | helioxerophyllous, scrub vegetation | ovate (15–30×7–27) |
| C. populifolius | silicolous | dry, Mediterranean | 200–1500 | submesophyllous, degradated Quercus and Pinus woodlands | ovate-lanceolate (50–95×25–55) |
| C. pouzolzii | silicolous | dry, mountain Mediterranean | 800–1800 | subheliophyllous, degradated Quercus suber/ilex and Pinus woodlands | lanceolate-elliptic (20–31×4–11) |
| C. psilosepalus | silicolous | humid, woodlands of Atlantic influence | 0–800 (1100) | submesophyllous, scrub vegetation | lanceolate-elliptic (30–65×10–23) |
| C. salviifolius | silicolous/calcicolous | humid to dry, Mediterranean and Eurosiberian regions | 0–1800 | subheliophyllous/submesophyllous, degradated woodlands of many types | ovate (8–18×7–12) |
Note: 1 values from 16 leaves.
2
% per unit leaf dry weight.