Rare and endemic species of Acer L. in Dagestan
https://doi.org/10.33580/24092444_2025_1_24
Abstract
This report presents the results of a study of Dagestan rare maple species (Acer L.) in nature and during introduction. Dagestan is considered as one of the centers of maple species diversity in the Caucasus. An overview of the distribution of maples in the Eastern Caucasus is given. A model of the formation of species diversity is described by crossing floral regions and provinces, including the ancient Mediterranean habitats: Hyrcanus (A. hyrcanum) and Colchis (A. trautvetteri).
It has been shown that the valley of the Sulak River, at the intersection of four mountain ranges in Foothill Dagestan, where five species of maple grow, serves as a conditional boundary between the Girkanian and Colchian elements of woody vegetation in Dagestan. As a result of this study, it has been revealed that the diversity of maple species in Dagestan is due to the complex climatic and geographical conditions. These conditions have contributed to the formation of ecosystems where there is a high degree of adaptation and differentiation of rare maple species.
About the Author
M. D. Zalibekov
Mountain Botanical Garden of the DFRC RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Zalibekov Marat Dadvovich - Candidate of Biology, Scientific researcher of the Laboratory of introduction and genetic resources of woody plants.
367000, Makhachkala, M. Gadzhieva St., 45
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Zalibekov M.D. Rare and endemic species of Acer L. in Dagestan. Botanical Journal of the North Caucasus. 2025;(1):24-31. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.33580/24092444_2025_1_24
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