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Issue: Vol. 464 No. 2: 16 October 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-10-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.464.2.1
Page range: 117–158
Abstract views: 21
PDF downloaded: 2

An Annotated Checklist of Endemic Vascular Plants of the Tian-Shan Mountains in Central Asian Countries

Institute of Botany of Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Department of Biology Education, Kongju University
Institute for Biology, National Academy of Sciences
Department of Forest Biodiversity and Herbarium, Korea National Arboretum
Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction of the Committee of Forestry and Wildlife Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
State Institution Research Laboratory for Nature Protection
nstitute of Botany of Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction of the Committee of Forestry and Wildlife Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction of the Committee of Forestry and Wildlife Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Department of Biology and Chemistry, Khujand State University
Institute of Botany of Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Department of Biology Education, Kongju University
Department of Biology Education, Kongju University
Research Planning and Coordination, Korea National Arboretum
Department of Biology and Chemistry, Changwon National University
Department of Biology, Chungbuk University
Department of Forest Biodiversity and Herbarium, Korea National Arboretum
Central Asia endemic flora mountains Tian-Shan

Abstract

A check-list of endemic vascular plants of the Tian-Shan Mountains, including plant distribution along mountain ranges and in Central Asian countries, has been compiled for the first time in this study. The list of Tian-Shan flora consists of 871 endemic species and subspecies. One subspecies belongs to Pinaceae (Pinopsida) and 870 taxa belong to Magnoliidae (dicots, 732 taxa, and monocots, 138 taxa). The endemic flora belongs to 39 families and 187 genera. The largest number of endemics is concentrated in the mountain ranges of Kyrgyzstan (225 national endemics, 507 taxa in total) and Kazakhstan (205 national endemics, 485 taxa in total). Uzbekistan occupies the third position (69 national endemics, 320 taxa in total). Tajikistan has fewer endemics: 82 taxa, of which only 16 taxa are national endemics. The most represented families and genera are: Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Apiaceae, Lamiaceae, and Amaryllidaceae; and Astragalus, Allium, Cousinia, Oxytropis, and Gagea, respectively.