Rare and endangered species of Shahdag National Park (Azerbaijan) with special status

This work presents information about the geographical ranges of the vegetation of the Shahdag National Park (NP) belonging to the Greater Caucasus (within the borders of Azerbaijan) range, the current status of endemic, relict and rare species. The geographic-areological analysis of the region shows that the flora of the Shahdag area is formed by the predominance of Boreal and Xerophile types. From the studies, it was found that the spread of endemic taxa in NP to neighboring areas reduced them to the subendemic level. In total, 7 species of Azer-baijan endemic and 88 subendemic species are distributed in the territory of Shahdag NP, of which 69 are described only from the Caucasus and are considered endemic to the Caucasus, while others are distributed as far as the borders of Dagestan, Turkey and Iran. In terms of determining the development history of the local flora, 24 relict species have been determined. In general, 14 species were evaluated as vulnerable (VU), 10 species as Near Threatened (NT), and 5 species as endangered (EN) in the Shahdag area.