"Rare and endangered plant species of the Chinese Altai Mountains" by Marina V. OLONOVA, DaoYuan ZHANG et al.

Article Title

Rare and endangered plant species of the Chinese Altai Mountains

Authors

Marina V. OLONOVA, 1 Tomsk State University, Tomsk 634050, Russia;Follow
DaoYuan ZHANG, 2 Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; 3 Turpan Eremophytes Botanical Garden, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Turpan 838008, China
ShiMing DUAN, 2 Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; 3 Turpan Eremophytes Botanical Garden, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Turpan 838008, China
LinKe YIN, 2 Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; 3 Turpan Eremophytes Botanical Garden, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Turpan 838008, China

Abstract

Altai (also named Altay in China) Mountain Country (Mountain System) is a unique natural region, lo-cated on the border between different floristic regimes of the Boreal and ancient Mediterranean sub-kingdoms, where distribution of plant species is actually limited. It is known to have sufficient endemic floral biodiversity in the Northern Asia. Many plants of Altai Mountain System need effective care and proper conservation measures for their survival and longer-term protection. Important Plant Area identified as the IUCN (the International Union for Conservation of Nature), specified criteria attract global attention for protection of floral biodiversity across the world. The records of 71 plant species from the Chinese Altai Mountains attributed to the criterion A and the dark conifer forests of Chinese Altai Mountains satisfied the criterion C, which may help qualify to fulfill the national obligation of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Keywords

conservation; Important Plant Area; endemics; Altai Mountain System

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1227.2010.00222

First Page

222

Last Page

230

Recommended Citation

OLONOVA, Marina V.; ZHANG, DaoYuan; DUAN, ShiMing; and YIN, LinKe (2010) "Rare and endangered plant species of the Chinese Altai Mountains," Journal of Arid Land: Vol. 2: Iss. 3, Article 9.
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1227.2010.00222
Available at: https://egijournals.researchcommons.org/journal-of-arid-land/vol2/iss3/9

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