Review of floristic studies in Khakassia

The history of vegetation studies in the southern part of Krasnoyarsk Kray (including Khakassia) from 1627 until 1954 was covered by LM Cherepnin. An exhaustive presentation of the material in this work, that has not lost its fundamental importance to this day, conditions the continuation of floristic studies in Khakassia from the second half of the XX century. Literature analysis proved that in the period following the release of the aforementioned LM Cherepnin's work, such detailed papers that include collectors' instructions, terms, expedition routes, collection sites and herbarium storage sites were not published. It is practically impossible to obtain information on this issue from summarizing articles, because in such articles Khakassia is poorly described or not described at all. There are a few special works on this topic. The results of Khakassian flora studies were recorded in reports for large territories (Krasnoyarsk kray with its previous borders, Altai-Sayan Region, Siberia), in monographic works on plant genus and in particular articles on floristic findings. The aim of this work is to present the process of floristic studies on the territory of Khakassia starting from the second half of the XX century when a new stage of detailed vegetation studies performed by botanists, postgraduates and students of several Siberian scientific and academic institutions began. The article contains information on terms of studies, routes and material collection sites provided by researchers and elaborated according to herbarium card index and publications, herbarium material storage places and scientific papers published as a result of floristic studies in Khakassia. Significant contribution was made by VV Reverdatto, LM Cherepnin, AV Polozhy, AV Kunimova and IM Krasnoborov who worked in Khakassia for many years in the previous century and established botanical schools in which worked and are still working: AT Maltseva, VI Kurbatsky, NA Nekratova, AL Ebel, II Gureeva, EE Timoshok and etc. in Tomsk State University; VP Sedelnikov, AS Koroleva, DN Shaulo, MA Myadelets, etc. in Central Siberian Botanical Garden of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; MI Beglyanova, LI Kashina, VL Cherepnin in Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University. Moscow scientists (VE Skorvtsov, OV Grigoryeva, etc.) also participated in the research. At present, a new generation of scientists, graduates of these schools, is taking an active part in floristic studies in Khakassia, namely, SV Bytotova, AN Nekratova, AA Kuznetsov (Tomsk State University), and Khakassian scientists ES Ankipovich, IA Ankipovich, EG Lagunova, LG Galenkovskaya, OO Lipatkina, EV Sazanakova, etc.

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