NATURAL SCIENCES

Journal of fundamental
and
applied researches

New, critical and rare taxa the flora of Northern and Eastern Caspian region

2013. №3, pp. 16-22

Алексей Павлович Лактионов - Ph.D. (Biology), Associate Professor, Astrakhan State University, 1 Shaumyan Sq., Astrakhan, 414000, Russian Federation, alaktionov@list.ru

Bobrov Alexander A. - Ph.D. (Biology), Senior Research Fellow, I.D. Papanin Institute for Biology of Iinland Waters Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Nekouz district, Yaroslavl region, 152742, Russian Federation, lsd@ibiw.yaroslavl.ru

Mesterhazy Attila - D.Sc. (Biology), University of West Hungary, 4 Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Str., Sopron, H-9400, Hungary, amesterhazy@gmail.com

Meshcheryakova Natalya O. - post-graduate student, Astrakhan State University, 1 Shaumyan Sq., Astrakhan, 414000, Russian Federation, nata11m@list.ru

Nurmuhambetova Doydyk E. - Senior Researcher, Ustyurt State Natural Reserve, Zhanaozen, 130200, Republic of Kazakhstan, ystyurt-oopt@mail.ru

Pifko Daniel - Museum Curator, Natural History Museum, 40 K?nyves K?lm?n blvd., Budapest, H-1087, Hungary, pifko@bot.nhmus.hu

Rare, new and critical species for the flora of the northern and eastern Caspian are given. Phragmites flavescens (Cust.) Hegetschw., Phragmites stenophyllus (Boiss.) Rouy are new to the flora of Kazakhstan. New species of the flora of Mangistau region of Kazakhstan are Cynomorium songaricum Rupr., Phragmites altissimus (Benth.) Mabille, Phragmites turkestanicus (Drobow) Tzvel., Isatis emarginata Kar. et Kir., Limonium scoparium (Pall. ex Willd.) Stank., Ceratocephala incurva Stev. New species of the flora of the Astrakhan region are Callitriche transvolgensis Tzvel., Lythrum thymifolia L., Peplis alternifolia Bieb., Bromopsis australis (Zherebina) Tzvel. et Probatova, Adenophora lilifolia (L.) A. DC. It is found that Puccinellia chilochloa (Krecz.) Krecz. ex Czer. grows on the north and the east coast of the Caspian Sea, and Puccinellia poecilantha (C. Koch.) Krecz. – on the west coast of the Caspian Sea. The new locations of rare species of the Caspian Sea limans are presented.

Key words: new,critical and rare species,the Northern and Eastern Caspian Sea,Kazakhstan flora,flora Astrakhan region,Ustyurt Reserve