ON SOME ENDEMIC PLANT SPECIES DESCRIBED FROM SOUTHWESTERN KOPET DAG (TURKMENISTAN): CURRENT STATUS AND THREATS

Pavlenko Alexander Viktorovich  -  Post-Graduate Student, Astrakhan State University, Shaumyan Sq., 1, Astrakhan, 414000, Russian Federation, alexpavlenko1974@gmail.com

Laktionov Alexey P.  -  D. Sc. (Biology), Professor, Astrakhan State University named by V.N. Tatischev: All-Russian Research Institute of Forest Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Shaumyan Sq., 1, Astrakhan, 414000, Russia, Lomonosov st., 105, Voronezh, 394087, Russia , alaktionov@list.ru

Tagiev Charyyar  -  research fellow, 3Syunt-Khasardag State Reserve, Turkmenistan Republic, 745160, Balkan reg., Magtymguly distr., Parhay vil.,

This article presents information on 15 species of higher vascular plants described from mountain biotopes of the southwestern Kopetdag Mountains during the 19th–21st centuries. A brief history of their discovery, characteristics of their current range, population status, conservation issues, and threats are described.

Key words: locus classicus, Kopetdag-Khorasan province, limiting factors, Syunt-Hasardag Nature Reserve, anthropogenic pressure, flora