Checklist of vascular plants of Asian Russia
Authors:   Leibniz University, Hannover, Chepinoga Victor V. ,   Irkutsk State University, Barkalov Vyacheslav Yu. ,   Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity FEB RAS, Ebel Alexandr L. ,   National Research Tomsk State University,   Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS, Knyazev Mikhail S. ,   Botanical Garden UB RAS, Baikov Konstantin S. ,   Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS, Bobrov Alexander A. ,   Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters RAS,   Tyumen State University, Chkalov Andrey V. ,   Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Doronkin Vladimir M. ,   Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS, Efimov Petr G. ,   Komarov Botanical Institute RAS, Friesen Nikolai V. ,   Botanical Garden of the Osnabrueck University, German Dmitry A. ,   Altai State University, Gontcharov Andrey A. ,   Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity FEB RAS, Grabovskaya-Borodina Alisa E. ,   Komarov Botanical Institute RAS, Gureyeva Irina I. ,   National Research Tomsk State University, Ivanenko Yury A. ,   Saint Petersburg State University, Kechaykin Alexey A. ,   Altai State University, Korobkov Alexandr A. ,   Komarov Botanical Institute RAS, Korolyuk Elena A. ,   Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS, Kosachev Petr A. ,   Altai State University, Kupriyanov Andrey N. ,   Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal Chemistry SB RAS, Luferov Alexandr N. ,   Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Melnikov Denis G. ,   Komarov Botanical Institute RAS, Mikhailova Marina A. ,   Komarov Botanical Institute RAS, Nikiforova Olga D. ,   Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS, Orlova Larisa V. ,   Komarov Botanical Institute RAS, Ovchinnikova Svetlana V. ,   Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS, Pinzhenina Ekaterina A. ,   Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS, Poliakova Tatjana A. ,   Vavilov Institute of General Genetics RAS, Shekhovstsova Irina N. ,   Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS, Troshkina Victoria I. ,   Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS, Tupitsyna Natalja N. ,   Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University, Vasjukov Vladimir M. ,   Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin RAS, Vlasova Natalja V. ,   Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS, Verkhozina Alla V. ,   Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry SB RAS, Anenkhonov Oleg A. ,   Institute of General and Experimental Biology SB RAS, Efremov Andrey N. ,   Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University, Glazunov Valerii A. ,   Tyumen Scientific Centre, Khoreva Maria G. ,   Institute of Biological Problems of the North FEB RAS, Kiseleva Tatjana I. ,   Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS, Krestov Pavel V. ,   Botanical Garden Institute FEB RAS, Kryukova Maria V. ,   Institute of Water and Ecology Problems FEB RAS, Kuzmin Igor V. ,   Tyumen State University, Lashchinskiy Nikolai N. ,   Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS, Pospelov Igor N. ,   Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, Pospelova Elena B. ,   Joint Directorate of Taimyr Reserves, Zolotareva Natalia V. ,   Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology UB RAS, Sennikov Alexander N. ,   Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki
Published: November 2024

The first complete and updated checklist of vascular plants of Asian Russia is compiled. It is based on “Checklist of Flora of Asian Russia: Vascular Plants” (Baikov 2012) but incorporates numerous floristic, taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties. The territorial scope of the checklist is constituted by three federal districts of Russia (Ural, Siberian and Far Eastern). Sverdlovsk Oblast and Chelyabinsk Oblast are included in the checklist for the first time. Native, alien, naturalized, casual aliens and frequently cultivated (not found outside cultivation) taxa are included. The monotypic species concept is consistently followed. Species and nothospecies (interspecific hybrids) are distinguished; very closely related taxa are grouped into species aggregates. The generic concept of the Catalogue of Life (COL) is accepted to avoid conflicts between contrasting taxonomies. For accepted species, references are made to the corresponding taxonomy in Baikov (2012), COL and Plants of the World Online (POWO); in case of name changes, synonyms are provided. Further synonyms are added when deemed necessary to indicate taxonomic circumscriptions. Most important changes in nomenclature and taxonomy, recently described taxa and additions to the flora of Asian Russia are annotated. The occurrence and residence status (native, alien, cultivated) of species in 13 botanical provinces of Asian Russia are given. The vascular flora of Asian Russia includes 8251 species and 489 hybrids. Of these, 7340 species are native (+420 hybrids), 684 are alien (+46 hybrids) and 227 are cultivated (+23 hybrids). Altogether, 3683 species are assigned to one of 1156 species aggregates. Among native species, 1235 are endemic to Asian Russia; 252 species are included in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation. The whole vascular flora of Asian Russia is classified into 165 families, 1199 genera and 9 nothogenera. According to our estimations, the floristic richness of Asian Russia comprises 73.3 % of the Russian flora.