International Journal of
Biodiversity and Conservation

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-243X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJBC
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 679

Full Length Research Paper

Protection of some rare and endangered vegetable plants in the flora of the Nakhichevan AR

S. Ibadullayeva1*, N. Movsumova1, H. Gasymov2 and T. Mamedli3
  1Institute of Botany, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Azerbaijan. 2Institute of Bioresources, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Azerbaijan. 3Nakhichevan State University, Azerbaijan.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 18 April 2011
  •  Published: 30 June 2011

Abstract

 

 

This research work is dedicated to the status evaluation in accordance with categories and criteria adopted in the international scale (IUCN) of some valuable species that are rare and thethreatened ones in Nakhichevan flora. An evaluation was carried out on 14 species that are being decreased in the region and the results are as follows: Bilacunaria microcarpa - EN/A2ac+C1;Dorema glabrum - EN/A1cd+C2ab; Eremurus spectabilis - CR/B1ab(v)+B2ab(iv); Allium akaka -EN/B1ad(ii)+C1; Arum rupicola - VU/A3ab(iii)+C2ab(ii); Puschkinia scilloides - CR/B1ab(v) + B2ab(iii); Stenotaenia macrocarpa, Gundelia tournefortii and Crocus speciosus - LC; Rheum ribes, Urtica urens, Prangos acaulis and Allium woronovii - NT; and Scilla mischtschenkoana - DD.

 

 

Key words: Endangered plants of wild food, category and criteria, red list.