Flora of Siberia, Vol. 5: Salicaceae-Amaranthaceae PDF

Preface

The present volume commences the description of dicotyledons. It provides information about 306 species from 12 families, many of them enjoying considerable economic importance: birches, willows, poplar, and elm. Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family), one of the largest families, on one hand, include most valuable edible plants (specially in deserts and subdeserts) and, on other, toxic weeds. Polygonaceae (buckwheat family) are manifested in diverse viable forms. All species bear priority names conforming to International Code for Botanical Nomenclature. Several new species and minor taxa have been described. The morphology of species, ecological data and, where available, chromosome numbers are given. The actual site of a given specimen is cited in case of identification from Siberian material.

For the preparation of this volume, information has been drawn from the herbaria of V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute (St.-Petersburg), M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Main Botanical Garden of Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) (Moscow), Tomsk State University, Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical Institute, Central Siberian Botanical Garden (CSBG), Siberian Division (SD), RAS, and M.G. Popov Herbarium of the Laboratory of Taxonomy and Florogenetics, CSBG, SD, RAS. We express our sincere gratitude to the curators of these herbaria, viz., I.A. Gubanov, A.K. Skvortzov, D.V. Gel'tman, G.A. Peschkova, A.V. Polozhii, and L.I. Kashina, for affording us an opportunity to study the entire material on the families under study (including type material).

This volume has been prepared by M.N. Lomonosova (family Chenopodiaceae), N.M. Bol'shakov (family Salicaceae), and I.M. Krasnoborov (families Corylaceae, Cannabaceae, Santalaceae, Fagaceae, Ulmaceae, Amaranthaceae, and Aristolochiaceae), all scientists at the CSBG, SD, RAS; D.V. Gel'tman, Botanical Institute, RAS (family Urticaceae), M.A. Shemberg, Forestry Institute, SD, RAS (family Betulaceae), L.I. Kashina, Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical Institute (family Polygonaceae—genera Rumex, Rheum, Oxyria, Atraphaxys, Koenigia, and Fagopyrum), and N.N. Tupitsyna (family Polygonaceae—genera Aconogonon, Bistorta, Fallopia, Knorringia, Persicaria, Polygonum, and Truellum).

The drawings presented in the volume are original and were prepared by O.E. Kosterin (Plates I, VII-X, XXI), V.L Danilova (Plates II-VI), E.V. Artemova (Plates XI-XIII), and A.K. Pivovarov (Plates XVIII-XX, XXII).

The index was compiled by S.A. Krasnikova, N.A. Krasnoperova and L.P. Katasonova extended much assistance in designing the book. The compilers are grateful to them all.

The following abbreviations have been used in describing the diagnostic features of plants:

auct.non ... - auctores, non ...(authors, not ...)

class, hab. - classic habitat comb, nova - combinatio nova (new combination)

diam. - diameter

f. - forma (form)

s. 1. - sensu lato (in a broad sense)

sp. - species s.

str. - sensu stricto (in a narrow sense)

subsp. - subspecies

syn. - synonym

var. - varietas (variety)

The distribution range of plants has been depicted in coded form for the 28 administrative divisions or the nominal floristic regions of Siberia (see Fig. 1) as follows:

West. Sib.: TYU-Yam, Klim, Tb, KU, OM, TO, NO, KE, AL-Ba, Go.

Cen. Sib.: KR-Ta, Pu, Tn, Kha, Ve, TU.

East. Sib.: IR-An, Pr, BU-Se, Yuzh, Chl-Ka, Shi, YAK-Ar, Ol, Vi, Al, Yan, Ko.

These abbreviations stand for the the following:

West. Sib.—Western Siberia

TYU— Tyumensk Province

Yam—Yamal-Nenets Republic

Khm—Khanty-Mansi National District

Tb—Tobol Floristic Region

KU—Kurgan Province

OM—Omsk Province

TO—Tomsk Province

NO—Novosibirsk Province

KE—Kemerovo Province

AL—Altay Territory

Ba—Barnaul Floristic Region

Go—Gorno-Altay Floristic Region

Cen. Sib.—Central Siberia

KR—Krasnoyarsk Territory

Ta—Taimyr Floristic Region

Pu—Putoran Floristic Region

Tn—Tunguska Floristic Region

Kha—Khakass Autonomous Province

Ve—Verkhneenisei (Upper Yenisey) Floristic Region

TU—Tuva Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

East. Sib.—Eastern Siberia

IR—Irkutsk Province

An—Angara-Sayan Floristic Region

Pr—Fore Lena-Katanga Floristic Region

BU—Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Se—Severo-Buryat (Northern Buryat) Floristic Region

Yuzh—Yuzhno-Buryat (Southern Buryat) Floristic Region

Chi—Chi tin Province

Ka—Kalar Floristic Region

Shi—Shilko-Argun Floristic Region (Dauria)

YAK—Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Ar—Arctic Floristic Region

Ol—Olenek-Nizhnelensk (Lower Lena) Floristic Region

Vi—Vilyui-Verkhnelensk (Upper Lena) Floristic Region

Al—Aldan Floristic Region

Ko—Kolyma Floristic Region

Yan—Yano-Indigirka Floristic Region

Author: L I Malyschev