Flora Checklist in the Bayanaul State National Nature Park, Kazakhstan with Special Focus on New Species of Conservation Interest
Bibigul Z. Natalia T. Mikhail K. Dinara S. Gulmira A. Khan S.M. Manan F.
April 2025Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Plants
2025#14Issue 7
Bayanaul State National Nature Park (BSNNP), which was established in 1985 and is one of the biggest natural parks in the Republic of Kazakhstan, conserves and rehabilitates the natural flora and fauna of the Bayanaul mountain range. This article expands the floristic inventory of BSNNP and identifies the ecological and ethnobotanical importance of the park. The literature revealed that 681 plant species inhabited the BSNNP region but it was hypothesized that the park’s plant diversity was greater than the documented 681 plant species. Following our expedition travels to BSNNP, we extended the flora summary with an addition of 81 new plant species. Now, according to this study, the flora of BSNNP comprises 762 plant species belonging to 335 genera and 81 families. The leading families are Asteraceae Dumort., Poaceae Barnhart, Brassicaceae Burnett, Fabaceae Lindl, Rosaceae Juss., Caryophyllaceae Juss, Lamiaceae Lindl., Apiaceae Lindl., and Scrophulariaceae Juss. They comprise 57.7% of the total plant species in the national park and 58.5% of the total genera. The largest genera are wormwood, sedge, onion, cinquefoil, speedwell, and astragalus, based on which these genera can be considered polymorphic. Moreover, 16 species of endemic plants belonging to 14 genera and 7 families were also reported. The flora is characterized by high biological diversity with the participation of boreal relicts. The largest group among useful species is medicinal plants, represented by 186 species (24.4%) belonging to 83 genera, and 39 families. Our findings enhance the scientific understanding of plant diversity in BSNNP and provide the groundwork for future conservation research.
Bayanaul State National Nature Park , conservation efforts , endemic plants , medicinal plants , new record , systematics
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Higher School of Natural Sciences, Margulan University, Pavlodar, 140000, Kazakhstan
Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
Higher School of Natural Sciences
Department of Plant Sciences
Pakistan Academy of Sciences
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