Willdenowia 37
Willdenowia – Annals of the Botanic Garden and
Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
ISSN 0511-9618
© 2007 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem.
Seregin, A. P. & Suslova, E. G. 2007: Contribution to the
vascular plant flora of the Utrish area, a relic sub-Mediterranean
ecosystem of the Russian Black Sea Coast.
Willdenowia 37: 451-463.
doi:10.3372/wi.37.37207
Abstract
The Utrish area, including the projected Utrish Nature Reserve, is
situated in the NW Transcaucasus on the Abrau Peninsula between
Novorossiysk and Anapa and shelters the only relic ecosystems of
arid sub-Mediterranean forests in Russia. Our revision of the
species inventory of the Utrish area revealed a total of 848
vascular plant species, of which 148 (all flowering plants) were
newly recorded during 2002-06 and are listed in the present
contribution, among them 15 new records for the NW Transcaucasus.
Six species were collected before 1960 and have not been recollected since.
50 species reported in previous publications were found to be based on
misidentifications and have to be excluded from the checklist of the
Utrish area. The significance of the Utrish area for biodiversity
conservation is illustrated by the fact that 43 of the 514 species
listed in the forthcoming new Russian Red Data Book and six species
listed in the Red Data Book of Krasnodarsky Kray occur in the Utrish area.
Key words
spermatophytes, species inventory, Transcaucasus, Abrau Peninsula.
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