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Prominent botanists of Central Asia: Vvedensky Aleksei Ivanovich (1898-1972)
License: cc BY 4.0Keywords: Allium; Iris; Eremurus; bibliography; Vvedensky; taxonomy; Middle AsiaAbstract This article honours the memory of the outstanding taxonomist and tireless researcher of the flora of Central Asia, Aleksei Ivanovich Vvedensky, the founder of the most extensive Central Asian herbarium collection, the author of monographic revisions in ‘Flora of the USSR’, the editor and author… -
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The scientific legacy of Furkat O. Khassanov in the botanical science of Central Asia
License: cc BY 4.0Keywords: Central Asia; Uzbekistan; floristics; geobotany; taxonomy; Allium; Astragalus; Iris; endemism; Flora of UzbekistanAbstract The present contribution summarizes the scientific legacy of Furkat O. Khassanov (1959–2024), a leading botanist of Uzbekistan whose work substantially advanced floristics, geobotany, and plant taxonomy in Central Asia. Building on decades of field exploration and herbarium-based studies, he… -
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The genus Iris L. s. l. (Iridaceae) in the Mountains of Central Asia biodiversity hotspot
License: cc BY 4.0Keywords: Central Asia; identification key; Iris; Juno; typificationAbstract The novel, phylogeny-based classification of Iris s.l. in the Mountains of Central Asia biodiversity hotspot has been developed. Fifty seven species are accepted and classified into 14 sections. The majority of accepted species (38) belong to the juno irises, which have a centre of their diversity… -
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Taxonomic and nomenclatural inventory of the Umbelliferae in Central Asia, described on the basis of collections of the National Herbarium of Uzbekistan
License: cc BY 4.0Keywords: Central Asia; Herbarium TASH; Uzbekistan; nomenclature; typification; UmbelliferaeAbstract The National Herbarium of Uzbekistan (TASH) in Tashkent is the oldest and largest botanical collection not only in Uzbekistan, but also in the entire region of Central Asia. The article presents a complete inventory of the type material of Umbelliferae taxa stored in the National Herbarium of… -
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Morphology of tulips (Tulipa, Liliaceae) in its primary centre of diversity
License: cc BY 4.0Keywords: Tulipa; comparative morphology; morphology based phylogeny; cladistic analysisAbstract The Tian Shan and Pamir-Alay mountains of Central Asia are generally regarded as the primary center of diversity of Tulipa species, but a comparative morphological description of Central Asian Tulipa species is still lacking. To fill the existing gap, we studied 48 Tulipa species found in Central… -
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Conservation-oriented restoration and its application to Central Asia
License: cc BY 4.0Keywords: biodiversity; conservation strategy; restoration; threatened speciesAbstract Continuing wide-scale habitat degradation and species extinctions indicate that existing plant conservation practices are inadequate and new approaches are needed. I briefly summarize the major principles of a previously proposed concept called conservation- oriented restoration and compare it… -
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Species Distribution Modeling - a conservation tool with a wide spectrum of applications in Central Asia
License: cc BY 4.0Keywords: conservation planning; reserve design; reintroduction; restoration; threatened speciesAbstract The goal of this paper was to review and illustrate the utility of SDM for solving conservation problems. Using real-world examples, I show a variety of uses for SDM, and then review the existing and potential applications of SDM for plant conservation in Central Asia. Central Asia is the region… -
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Phylogenomics and biogeographic patterns of Scutellaria L. (Lamiaceae): southern Asian origins and worldwide dispersal
License: cc BY 4.0Keywords: plastome structure; comparative genomics; codon usage bias; hypervariable regions; lineage diversification; evolutionary historyAbstract Scutellaria L. (Lamiaceae) is a diverse and pharmacologically important genus with significant species richness in Central Asia. Here, we sequenced and analyzed complete chloroplast genomes of 14 Scutellaria species from Uzbekistan and adjacent regions, integrating them with 184 publicly available… -
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Endemic plant species richness of Surkhondaryo province, Uzbekistan
License: cc BY 4.0Keywords: Central Asia; endemism; phytogeography; national Red BookAbstract Surkhondaryo province is one of the largest and richest in vascular plant species diversity administrative units of Uzbekistan, which also has an extremely high concentration of species endemic to Mountainous Central Asia and Uzbekistan in particular. A characteristic geological feature of this… -
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Vascular flora of the Nuratau Mountains (Uzbekistan): an annotated checklist
License: cc BY 4.0Keywords: alien species; biogeography; checklist; endemic; flora; key biodiversity areas; native species; plant diversity; threatened speciesAbstract The Nuratau Mountains located in Uzbekistan, in the transitional zone between the Central Asian Mountain and the Turanian phytogeographical provinces, are one of the key biodiversity areas within the Mountains of Central Asia Global Biodiversity Hotspot. These medium-altitude semiarid mountains… -
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Complete chloroplast genomes of ten species from subgenus Allium (Allium, Amaryllidaceae)
License: cc BY 4.0Keywords: phylogeny; plastome; nucleotide polymorphism; pseudogeneAbstract Subgenus Allium is the largest group within the genus Allium (Amaryllidaceae) which detailed phylogenetic classification is still missing despite intensive phylogenetic research. Reconstruction of the subgenus phylogeny is impossible without proper coverage of the subgenus members representing… -
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The genus Hedysarum (Fabaceae; Hedysareae) in Uzbekistan
License: cc BY 4.0Keywords: subsection Crinifera; phylogeny; morphology; character evolution; synapomorphic charactersAbstract Uzbekistan is one of the centers of species diversity of Hedysarum (Fabaceae) in Central Asia, where it occurs mainly in the Tian-Shan and Pamir-Alay Mountains. In this study, we reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships of 26 species occurring in Uzbekistan. The species were classified into… -
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New identity and neotypification of the mysterious Anethum involucratum (Umbelliferae) from the western Pamir-Alay (Uzbekistan)
License: cc BY 4.0Keywords: Anethum; Apiaceae; Galagania; Central Asia; Pamir-Alay; typification; Umbelliferae; UzbekistanAbstract Anethum involucratum is the last species of the Umbelliferae in the flora of Uzbekistan which remains taxonomically obscure due to the loss of its type material in Tashkent (TASH) where it should have been stored according to the protologue. A comparative study of descriptions of A. involucratum… -
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How to preserve narrow endemics in view of climate change? The Nuratau Mountains as the case
License: cc BY 4.0Keywords: narrow endemics; climate change; species distribution modeling; Nuratau; protected areas; Central AsiaAbstract Endemic species usually have higher risk of extinction than widespread species and therefore for endemics negative effects of climate change can be especially dramatic. The Nuratau Mountains, located in Uzbekistan, are rich in endemic species and are a part of the Mountains of Central Asia Global… -
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Polymorph Stability Index (PSI) for Integrated Assessment of Floristic Families in Surkhandarya (Central Asia)
License: cc BY 4.0Keywords: Polymorph Stability Index; floristic families; spatial analysis; ecological gradients; niche breadth; SurkhandaryaAbstract This study evaluates the dominance of polymorphic floristic families in the flora of Surkhandarya using an integrated, multidimensional approach. A total of 64,619 georeferenced occurrence records representing 2,202 species were analyzed to assess spatial, ecological, and taxonomic patterns.… -
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Genus Eremurus (Asphodelaceae) in the flora of Uzbekistan
License: cc BY 4.0Keywords: cladistic analysis; Central Asia; synopsis; taxonomy; morphology; Ammolirion; HenningiaAbstract In this study, 13 morphological characters in 32 species of Eremurus (Asphodelaceae) from Uzbekistan were examined and subjected to cladistic analysis. In the consensus tree, species from subgenus Eremurus clustered together, but did not form a distinct clade sister to Henningia. The subrotate…
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