TITLE:
A Demographic Structure of Populations of Salvia Lilacinocoerulea Nevski, a Rare Species Endemic to the Western Pamir-Alay (Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan)
AUTHORS:
Habibullo F. Shomurodov, Uktam E. Khuzhanazarov, Natalya Yu Beshko, Barno Akhmadalieva, Vasila K. Sharipova
KEYWORDS:
Salvia lilacinocoerulea, Lamiaceae, Western Pamir-Alay Mountain, Coenopopulation
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.8 No.6,
May
26,
2017
ABSTRACT: Salvia lilacinocoerulea Nevski (Lamiaceae) is an endemic to the Western Pamir-Alay mountain range. Usually it grows on eroded clay soils among sparse juniper forests
in the middle mountain belt. Studied coenopopulations of S. lilacinocoerulea are normal, but are not complete. Coenopopulations
self-maintenance is carried out by the seed of renewal. The characteristic spectrum of S. lilacinocoerulea coenopopulation is centered, with a peak in the middle-generative
individuals. In most cases, specific developmental spectrum of coenopopulation does not coincide with the characteristic ones. The demography structure of
mostly investigated coenopopulations is satisfactory. The population growing on
the grey clay soil, on strongly eroded slope among sparse juniper woodland was
evaluated as critical due to absence in
ontogenetic spectrum young individuals and small percentage of generative plant
as well.