Some repeated inventory results of the Putorana plateau vascular flora

• Published in: BIO Web of Conferences
• Main Authors: Pospelov Igor N., Pospelova Elena B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: EDP Sciences 2021
• Subjects: Microbiology; QR1-502; Physiology; QP1-981; Zoology; QL1-991; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20213800103; https://doaj.org/article/ff8b8785f37c4c999a7e2d6f6ffb240b

Resulting generalization of herbarium and literature data and our own observations, a list of vascular plants growing on Putorana plateau territory was compiled, including 736 species (without adventive). The history of the plateau flora study since the 70s of the last century is described. The analysis of geographical and ecological-coenotic structure of the flora is carried out, according to the results of which it can be attributed to the hypoarctic type. The cluster analysis of the flora let to distinguish 3 clusters within the territory – the eastern one, with the flora of the moderately hypoarctic subtype, the central one and the southwestern one, the flora of which belongs to the hypoarcto-boreal subtype. Considerations concerning the history of the formation of the plateau flora are presented. Plant invasion on the Putorana plateau occurred both from the north, where Arctic species penetrated into the highlands, and from the south and west – these are boreal species mainly of the Eurasian and Asian fractions. A certain role in the formation of the flora is played by historical factors, especially the impact of the occurrence and melting of glaciations, which differ in different parts of the plateau.