Checklist of rare plants of the flora Ulytau Region

Abstract

In the article a list and a brief analysis of rare plants of the flora of Ulytau region, listed in the Red Book of Kazakhstan was presented. According to the conducted researches 20 species of rare plants included in the Red Book of Kazakhstan are registered in Ulytau region: Adonis volgensis, Anabasis turgaica, Astragalus krascheninnikovii, Crambe tataria, Craniospermum subvillosum, Dactylorhiza fuchsii, Ledebouriella seseloides, Oxytropis subverticillaris, Pulsatilla patens, Silene betpakdalensis, Spiraeanthus schrenkianus, Stipa pennata, Tanacetum ulutavicum, Tulipa albertii, Tulipa biebersteiniana, Tulipa biflora, Tulipa borszczowii, Tulipa patens, Tulipa suaveolens, Valeriana chionophila. We propose to exclude 5 species (Crambe tataria, Pulsatilla patens, Stipa pennata, Tulipa biebersteiniana and Tulipa patens) from the Red Data Book of Kazakhstan, as they do not need protection. We consider it is necessary to include in the next edition of the Red Data Book of Kazakhstan 8 species of narrow-local endemics growing only in Ulytau region: Astragalus krascheninnikovii, Clausia kasakhorum, Gagea sarysuensis, Hedysarum ulutavicum, Seseli betpakdalense, Seseli mironovii, Silene anisoloba, Thymus crebrifolius.