MORPHOLOGICAL CRITERIA FOR THE DIFFERENTIATION OF AGE STATUS OF PTILOSTEMON ECHINOCEPHALUS (WILLD.) GREUTER (LAMYRA ECHINOCEPHALA (WILLD.) TAMAMSCH.)
Journal: Scientific Notes of V I Vernadsky Crimean Federal University Biology Chemistry
Year: 2021

Ptilostemon echinocephalus (Willd.) Greuter (Lamyra echinocephala (Willd.) Tamamsch.) is the only species of the genus Ptilostemon from the Asteraceae family that grows on the Crimean Peninsula. The relic area of Ptilostemon echinocephalus distributed by the Crimea, the Caucasus, Asia Minor. The species is included in the Red Book of the Republic of Crimea, Krasnodarskiy and Stavropolskiy Krays of the Russian Federation. The article is the result of a long-term study of morphological criteria of