New Findings in the Flora of the Katon-Karagay State National Nature Park and East Kazakhstan

The article presents a new data on distribution of 36 species found in Eastern Kazakhstan are presented. The plants were collected in the East Kazakhstan Region (EKR) within the Altai Mountain Country (AMC) in the territories of the Katon-Karagay State Nature Park (KKSNPP), the Kabinsky cluster site of the Ontustik Altai Nature Reserve, the Zaisan Basin and the Kalbinsky Ridge. 10 species previously known for the flora of the East Kazakhstan region are indicated for the first time in the territory of the KKSNNP. Of these, the following are mentioned for the Katunsky ridge for the first time: Delphinium ukokense Serg., Carex altaica (Gorodkov) V.I. Krecz., Carex lachenalii Schkuhr, Eriophorum altaicum Meinsh., Taraxacum compactum Schischk., Thymus schischkinii Serg., Oxytropis frigida Kar. & Kir., Potentilla × chionea Soják, Vaccinium uliginosum L. New for the Tarbagatai ridge within the Katon-Karagay district of the East Kazakhstan region are Erigeron krylovii Serg., Klasea algida (Iljin) Hidalgo. In addition, new locations of rare species in the flora of the East Kazakhstan region are given, including those listed in the Red Book of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The labels of the studied samples are fully quoted; comments are given to all discussed species. The samples of the presented taxa are kept in the herbarium fund of the KKSNPP, duplicate materials have been deposited in the Herbarium of Altai State University (ALTB; Russia, Barnaul). 

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