Flora of Mongolia: annotated checklist of native vascular plants

Shukherdorj Baasanmunkh; Magsar Urgamal; Batlai Oyuntsetseg; Alexander P Sukhorukov; Zagarjav Tsegmed; Dong Chan Son; Andrey Erst; Khurelpurev Oyundelger; Alexey A Kechaykin; Joscelyn Norris; Petr Kosachev; Jin-Shuang Ma; Kae Sun Chang; Hyeok Jae Choi

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.192.79702

Flora of Mongolia: annotated checklist of native vascular plants

PhytoKeys. 2022 Mar 14:192:63-169. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.192.79702. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Shukherdorj Baasanmunkh¹, Magsar Urgamal², Batlai Oyuntsetseg³, Alexander P Sukhorukov^{4

5}, Zagarjav Tsegmed², Dong Chan Son⁶, Andrey Erst^{5

7}, Khurelpurev Oyundelger^{8

9}, Alexey A Kechaykin¹⁰, Joscelyn Norris¹¹, Petr Kosachev¹⁰, Jin-Shuang Ma¹², Kae Sun Chang¹³, Hyeok Jae Choi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology and Chemistry, Changwon National University, Changwon 51140, Republic of Korea Changwon National University Changwon Republic of Korea.
² Laboratory of Plant Systematics and Phylogeny, Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 13330, Mongolia Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Mongolian Academy of Sciences Ulaanbaatar Mongolia.
³ Department of Biology, School of Arts and Science, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 14201, Mongolia National University of Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mongolia.
⁴ Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory, 1/12, Moscow, 119234, Russia Moscow State University Moscow Russia.
⁵ Tomsk State University, Lenina Pr., 36, Tomsk, 634050, Russia Tomsk State University Tomsk Russia.
⁶ Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum, Pocheon 11186, Republic of Korea Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum Pocheon Republic of Korea.
⁷ Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS, Zolotodolinskaya St. 101, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS Novosibirsk Russia.
⁸ Technical University Dresden, International Institute (IHI) Zittau, Chair of Biodiversity of Higher Plants, 02763, Zittau, Germany Technical University Dresden Zittau Germany.
⁹ Department of Botany, Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, 02826, Görlitz, Germany Department of Botany, Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz Görlitz Germany.
¹⁰ South Siberian Botanical Garden, Altai State University, Lenina 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russia Altai State University Barnaul Russia.
¹¹ Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Vermont 05405-0088, USA University of Vermont Vermont United States of America.
¹² Institute of Botany, Beijing Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China Institute of Botany, Beijing Botanical Garden Beijing China.
¹³ DMZ Forest and Biological Resources Conservation Division, Korea National Arboretum, Yanggu 24564, Republic of Korea DMZ Forest and Biological Resources Conservation Division, Korea National Arboretum Yanggu Republic of Korea.

Abstract

In this study, we critically revised and updated the checklist of native vascular plants of Mongolia. The checklist comprises 3,041 native vascular plant taxa (2,835 species and 206 infraspecific species) from 653 genera and 111 families, including 7 lycophytes, 41 ferns, 21 gymnosperms, and 2,972 angiosperms. In the angiosperms, we identified the 14 families with the greatest species richness, ranging from 50 to 456 taxa. Species endemism is also noted here; 102 taxa are endemic to Mongolia, and 275 taxa are sub-endemic that co-occur in adjacent countries. Since 2014, a total of 14 taxa have been described new to science based on morphological evidences. Moreover, five genera and 74 taxa were newly added to the flora of Mongolia. Based on our critical revisions, names of three families, 21 genera, and 230 species have been changed in comparison to the previous checklist, "Conspectus of the vascular plants of Mongolia" (2014).

Keywords: Checklist; flora of Mongolia; native taxa; vascular plants.

Shukherdorj Baasanmunkh, Magsar Urgamal, Batlai Oyuntsetseg, Alexander P. Sukhorukov, Zagarjav Tsegmed, Dong Chan Son, Andrey Erst, Khurelpurev Oyundelger, Alexey A. Kechaykin, Joscelyn Norris, Petr Kosachev, Jin-Shuang Ma, Kae Sun Chang, Hyeok Jae Choi.

Grants and funding

Our study was supported by a research project (A study on the distribution of vascular plants in Mongolia; Grant No. KNA1-2-38, 20-5) of the Korea National Arboretum, Republic of Korea and partially supported by the National University of Mongolia, Mongolia (Grant No. P2021-4186). The research of Alexander Sukhorukov, which included the taxonomy of Chenopodiaceae and revisions to specimens of Chenopodiaceae in Mongolia in the herbaria MW and MHA, is in accordance with the scientific programme 12-2-21 of the Department of Higher Plants. The work on the revision of the Ranunculaceae was carried out with financial support from the Russian Science Foundation (Grant No. 19-74-10082). The work on revising Rosaceae was carried out with financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant No. 20-04-00183A).