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Journal of Arid Land
Journal of Arid Land
Brief Communication     
Rare and endangered plant species of the Chinese Altai Mountains
Marina V. OLONOVA, DaoYuan ZHANG, ShiMing DUAN, LinKe YIN, BoRong PAN
1 Tomsk State University, Tomsk 634050, Russia; 2 Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Acad-emy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; 3 Turpan Eremophytes Botanical Garden, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Turpan 838008, China
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Abstract  Altai (also named Altay in China) Mountain Country (Mountain System) is a unique natural region, located on the border between different floristic regimes of the Boreal and ancient Mediterranean sub-kingdoms, where distribution of plant species is actually limited. It is known to have sufficient endemic floral biodiversity in the Northern Asia. Many plants of Altai Mountain System need effective care and proper conservation measures for their survival and longer-term protection. Important Plant Area identified as the IUCN (the International Union for Conservation of Nature), specified criteria attract global attention for protection of floral biodiversity across the world. The records of 71 plant species from the Chinese Altai Mountains attributed to the criterion A and the dark conifer forests of Chinese Altai Mountains satisfied the criterion C, which may help qualify to fulfill the national obligation of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Key words： Bayanbuluk Grasslands      Tianshan Mountains      reversing grassland degradation      improving livestock productivity     
Received: 26 April 2010      Published: 07 September 2010
Corresponding Authors: Marina V. OLONOVA     E-mail: olonova@green.tsu.ru
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Marina V. OLONOVA, DaoYuan ZHANG, ShiMing DUAN, LinKe YIN, BoRong PAN. Rare and endangered plant species of the Chinese Altai Mountains. Journal of Arid Land, 2010, 2(3): 222-230.

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http://jal.xjegi.com/10.3724/SP.J.1227.2010.00222     OR     http://jal.xjegi.com/Y2010/V2/I3/222

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