Flower color variation in plants in the lower reaches of the Lena River
https://doi.org/10.30901/2658-3860-2022-1-23-32
Abstract
A floristic survey of the «Sokol» site of the Ust-Lensky Nature Reserve conducted in the summer of 2015–2017 revealed anomalies in the color of flowers in 16 species of dicotyledonous plants: 7 pecies (Papaver leucotrichum, P. pulvinatum, Astragalus norvegicus, Hedysarum arcticum, Erichium villosum, Pedicularis verticillata, Taraxacum macilentum) showed a tendency to albinism; 3 white- flowered species (Claytonia arctica, Dryas incisa, Pedicularis capitata) demonstrated a shift into the yellow part of the color spectrum, and 5 species (Minuartia arctica, Diapensia obovata, Myosotis asiatica, Chrysanthemum zawadskii, Taraxacum stepanovae) – into the red part of the spectrum. A wide range of colors is displayed by Astragalus alpinus.
Keywords
wild useful plants,
ornamental plants,
flower color,
color anomalies,
albinos,
Ust-Lensky Nature Reserve
Supporting agencies: The work was carried out in the framework of the State Assignment to the Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences “Fundamental and applied aspects of studies of the plant world diversity of the Northern and Central Yakutiaˮ (Reg. No. АААА-А17-117020110056-0). The authors express their gratitude for the organization and technical support and assistance provided by Director of the Ust-Lensky State Nature Reserve A. N. Dyachkovsky and Deputy Director P. B. Semenov.
About the Authors
E. G. Nikolin
The Yakut Scientific Centre of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Evgenii G. Nikolin, Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Chief Researcher, 41 Lenin avenue, Yakutsk 677980, Russia
I. A. Yakshina
Ust-Lensky State Nature Reserve
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Irina A. Yakshina, Deputy Director for Research, 28 Acad. Fedorova Str., Tiksi, Bulunsky ulus, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) 678400, Russia
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Nikolin E.G., Yakshina I.A. Flower color variation in plants in the lower reaches of the Lena River. Vavilovia. 2022;5(1):23-32. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30901/2658-3860-2022-1-23-32
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