Taxonomic Analysis of Early Spring Plants of Shabran District Flora

Abstract

Studies the early spring flora of the Shabran district, provides a taxonomic analysis of wild grasses, populations of species belonging to the Ophrys and Orchis genera of the Orchidaceae family, the genus Tulipa of the Liliaceae family, the genera Muscariand Bellevalia of the Asparagaceae family, as well as the new range of the species Spiranthes spiralisfor the study area. The data is mapped based on GPS coordinates. As a result of our research in the Shabran district, 26 species belonging to 13 families and 23 genera were identified. Among the herbarium materials there are rare species listed in the Red Book of the Azerbaijan Republic (Crocus adami, Galanthus caucasica, Pyrus salicifolia, Rosa sosnovskyi, Tulipa biebersteiniana, Orchis oestrifera, Ophrys caucasica, etc.).