Critical Review of the Genus Acantholimon Boiss. (Plumbaginaceae) in the Flora of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

Based on the analysis of the results of a long-term research conducted in the territory of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and literary information, the species composition of the genus Acantholimon Boiss. was defined and its area of distribution was specified. It was established that 19 species (A. bracteatum (Girard) Boiss., Acantholimon acerosum (Willd.) Boiss., A. araxanum Bunge, A. trautvetteri Kusn., A. caryophyllaceum Boiss., A. festucaceum (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss., A. glumaceum (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss., A.   sahendicum Boiss. & Buhse, A.puberulum Boiss. et Bal., A. takhtajanii Ogan. (A. armenum auct. non Boiss. & A.Huet), A.lepturoides (Jaub. et Spach) Boiss., A. calvertii Boiss., A. vedicum Mirzoeva, A. hohenackeri (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss., A. quinquelobum Bunge, A. karelinii (Stschegl.) Bunge, A. manakyanii Ogan., A. fedorovii Tamamsch. et Mirzoeva, A. tragacanthinum (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss.) of the genus Acantholimon Boiss are distributed in the territory. The species Acantholimon acerosum (Willd.) Boiss., A. trautvetteri Kusn., A. festucaceum (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss., A.puberulum Boiss. et Bal., A. takhtajanii Ogan. (A. armenum auct. non Boiss. & A.Huet), A.calvertii Boiss., A. vedicum Mirzoeva, A. manakyanii Ogan., A. tragacanthinum (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss. Azərbaycan, A.lepturoides (Jaub. et Spach) Boiss. are new to the flora of Nakhchivan AR.