Denis Melnikov

Russian Academy of Sciences | RAS · Komarov Botanical Institute

The first complete and updated checklist of vascular plants of Asian Russia is compiled. It is based on “Checklist of Flora of Asian Russia: Vascular Plants” (Baikov 2012) but incorporates numerous floristic, taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties. The territorial scope of the checklist is constituted by three federal districts of Russia (Ural, Sibe...

This article provides information about the discovery of new and rare plant species in the Caspian region and Southwest Asia. In total, the article presents new findings for 19 species of vascular plants from 5 countries, registered during field research, as well as during the revision of herbarium materials. For the first time, Lycium ruthenicum i...

Data on new findings of 10 species of vascular plants are presented, which significantly expand the information about their distribution. For the flora of Turkmenistan, 3 species are given. Phlomoides kaufmanniana (Regel) Adylov, Kamelin et Makhm. and Origanum tyttanthum Gontsch. were noted for the first time in the western part of the Kugitang Ran...

Herbarium collections shape our understanding of Earth’s flora and are crucial for addressing global change issues. Their formation, however, is not free from sociopolitical issues of immediate relevance. Despite increasing efforts addressing issues of representation and colonialism in natural history collections, herbaria have received comparative...

In this paper, we present nomenclatural novelties required in the course of the preparation of the second, revised version of the checklist of vascular plants of Asian Russia. The first version was published in 2012 (Baikov 2012). At the family level, we accepted the modern classification systems (APG IV for flowering plants, PPG I for lycophytes a...

Data on the species diversity and distribution of pteridophytes (lycophytes and ferns) in the Urals and adjacent areas are presented. The dataset includes 13,742 observations of two classes Lycopodiopsida and Polypodiopsida. In total, the dataset contains information on 16 families, 28 generas, 65 species, four subspecies and nine interspecies hybr...

Herbarium collections shape our understanding of the world's flora and are crucial for addressing global change and biodiversity conservation. The formation of such natural history collections, however, are not free from sociopolitical issues of immediate relevance. Despite increasing efforts addressing issues of representation and colonialism in n...

Data on the species diversity and distribution of Pteridophyte in the Urals and adjacent areas are presented. The dataset includes 15329 observations of Pteridophyte. In total, the dataset contains information on 66 species, 4 subspecies and 10 interspecies hybrids of lycophytes and ferns, 2 classes (Lycopodiopsida and Polypodiopsida), 16 families...

The article provides information about rare and newly described species for the flora of the Urals and adjacent territories, namely: Astragalus saphronovae Kulikov, Atraphaxis decipiens Jaub. et Spach., Carex amgunensis F. Schmidt, Galium densiflorum Ledeb., Jovibarba globifera (L.) J. Parn., Najas minor All., Potamogeton nodosus Poir., Pseudorchis...

Socio-economic changes impact local ethnobotanical knowledge as much as the ecological ones. During an ethnobotanical field study in 2018–2019, we interviewed 25 Setos and 38 Russians in the Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast to document changes in wild plant use within the last 70 years according to the current and remembered practices. Of the 71...

For five species of the genus Thymus (Lamiaceae) described from the North Caucasus, the lectotypes are designated: T. helendzhicus Klokov et Des.-Shost., T. latissimus Klokov, T. nummularius M. Bieb., T. pulchellus C. A. Mey., T. pastoralis Iljin ex Klokov. The original material of T. odoratissimus M. Bieb. (≡ T. pallasianus Heinr. Braun) is discus...

While the current consumption of wild food plants in the taiga of the American continent is a relatively well-researched phenomenon, the European taiga area is heavily underrepresented in the scientific literature. The region is important due to its distinctive ecological conditions with restricted seasonal availability of wild plants. During an et...

As a result of a critical study of herbarium materials on the Lamiaceae family, literary sources and field observations in the Nizhnekhopyorsky Natural Park and in its immediate vicinity for the territory of Nizhny Khoper (Volgograd Region), an annotated list of cultivated species is provided, which indicates 18 cultivated species and 3 hybrids fro...

As a result of a critical study of herbarium materials on the family Lamiaceae, literary sources and field observations for the flora the Lower Khopyor and the Lower Volga region as a whole, the following species and hybrids are first indicated: Ziziphora rotundifolia (Pers.) Melnikov, Ajuga × hybrida Kern., Lycopus × intermedius Hausskn., Prunella...

The article briefly discusses the history of the study of species from the relationship Clinopodium calamintha (L.) Kuntze s. l. in the Caucasus, now included in the sections Calamintha (Mill.) Melnikov and Ellementha Melnikov. A number of new morphological traits to distinguish the species of these sections are presented, and a classification of t...

Based on the published data of molecular phylogenetic studies of the tribe Cariceae Dumort. genera (Cyperaceae), obtained by an international collaboration (The Global Carex Group, 2016; et al.), and morphological characters of the genera (Kukkonen, 1990; and others), new nomenclatural combinations and replacement names in the genus Carex L. are pu...

The article discusses the nature of variability in the genus Prunella. Based on a study of rich herbarium collections of the LE Herbarium, 3 species of the genus are found in the Cauca-sus, among them P. vulgaris is represented by 4 varieties and 2 forms, and P. laciniata by 2 varieties. There also occur hybrids between all 3 species. For the first...

Раскрывается точка зрения на организацию такого большого проекта как "Флора Урала и прилегающих территорий" с учетом требований и достижений современности.

At the XIV Congress of the Russian Botanical society (2018) the necessity of purposeful study and publication of "Flora of the Urals and adjacent territories"was declared. This publication declares the point of view on approaches to the allocation and conduct of the proposed boundaries of the future "Flora of the Urals and adjacent territories". I...

The current lectotype of Lycopus europaeus, Herb. Linnaeus No. 36.1 (LINN), consists of two plant fragments, which represent different species: L. europaeus (as currently applied) and L. exaltatus. The plant on the left, which represents L. europaeus, is designated as a new lectotype because it is the element that is in agreement with the validatin...

Leostrin A.V., Efimova A.A., Konechnaya G.Yu., Philippov D.A., Mel'nikov D.G. 2018. Dopolneniya k flore Evropejskoj chasti Rossii [Additions to the flora of European Russia]. Trudy Karel’skogo nauchnogo tsentra Rossijskoj akademii nauk [Transactions of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences]. №8, Biogeography Series. P. 15–...

In the context of the Project for Mapping of Russian Orchids, several species were discovered in some regions of Russia for the first time. These records are: Cephalanthera longifolia in Ulyanovsk Region, Dactylorhiza aristata and D. incarnata in Primorye Territory, D. sibirica in Sakhalin Region, Liparis loeselii in Komi Republic, Platanthera bifo...

The article gives an overview of the distribution of species and sections of the gnus of Clinopodium in Eurasia. It is shown that the main center of species diversity and sectional diversity is the Mediterranean. Secondary centers of diversity are the Alpine-Caucasian mountain system and the Far East. Briefly describes the area of distribution and...

In the report it is reported that for such extensive territory as the Urals still do not exist its own "Flora". Nevertheless the Urals and territories, adjacent to it, deserve creation of the flora owing to unique natural features and а geographical location. Tasks which need to be solved to start works on creation of «Flora of the Urals» in the ne...

Nomenclatural combinations for three species: Clinopodium marifolium (Cav.) Melnikov, C. canescens (J. Presl) Melnikov, C. yakusimense (Masam.) Melnikov, and one variety C. multicaule (Maxim.) Kuntze var. shibetchense (H. Lév.) Melnikov are published. Replacement names for C. repens (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) Benth. and Ziziphora alpina (L.) Melnikov a...

Description of five new sections (sect. Umbraria, sect. Stellatocapillus, sect. Chortoranus, sect. Thymidulum, sect. Ellementha), five subsections (subsect. Chinomelissa, subsect. Nepetoides, subsect. Baetica, subsect. Ascendentia, subsect. Menthofoliastrum), and three new species of the genus Clinopodium L. (C. krupkinae, C. gilanicum, C. syriacum...

The article represents the discussion of the relationships of the genus Acinos with four related genera: Clinopodium, Calamintha, Satureja and Ziziphora. The history of the taxonomic studies of the genera Acinos and Ziziphora, as well as the position of the latter in the family is traced. Earlier, comparative morphological (López González, Bayer, 1...

Taxonomic history of the genus Calamintha Mill., refl ecting different opinions of taxonomists on the status of the taxon, is briefl y outlined. Based on characters of calyx and leaf venation, as well as the chromosome number (2n = 22), the generic status of the group of species related to Calamintha grandifl ora (L.) Moench is demonstrated, and th...

This contribution is dedicated to the clarification of the boundaries of the genus Clinopodium and includes a brief synopsis of the species for the Caucasian flora.

Antonina Vved. is recognized as a separate genus based on primarily morphological characters, first of all, calyx and leaf venation. The full synonymy for Antonina debilis (Bunge) Vved. is given including the new synonym, Calamintha caroli-henricana Kit Tan et Sorger. A new form (A. debilis f. eglandulosa Melnikov) is described, and three names (Th...

Description of the two new sections and one subsection (sect. Oreokermatoria, sect. Brachyodontia, subsect. Inkermenia) of the genus Clinopodium L. is provided in the article. The new combinations Clinopodium sect. Pseudomelissa, C. albanicum, C. barbatum, C. brachycalyx, C. giresunicum, and a replacement name C. hispanicum are validated. Clinopodi...

A new system of the genus Teucrium L. including 6 subgenera, 15 sections and 7 subsections is proposed. Rank of subgenus used in first time.

А new nothospecies Teucrium × bogoutdinovae Melnikov nothosp. nova from Republic of Moldova are described. This nothospecies is the result of hybridization between T. polium L. and T. reuticum Bogoutd.

The nomenclature combination for the section Xenopoma and species Satureja banaoensis as a part of the genus Clinopodium is realized. We establish a new taxonomic category in genus Clinopodium – subgenus.

The article provides typification of the names of 10 species and varieties of the genus Teucrium described by S. V. Juzepczuk, N. P. Popov, M. V. Klokov, C. A. Meyer and F. E. L. Fischer, K. H. Rechinger, K. H. E. Koch and P.-E. Boissier in the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Turkey. Six lectotypes and two neotypes are designated here.

The article discusses adventive North American species of the genus Verbena (V. brasiliensis Vell.) on the Black Sea Coast, previously wrongly referred to V. hastata L. Synonymy, the key for the relative species, lectotype data, world distribution and ecology are also provided.

The history of studying species of Clinopodium vulgare L. affi nity belonging to the type section of the genus is briefl y outlined. Heterogeneity of this kinship complex and its natural division into two groups is shown. These groups are treated as subsections: Clinopodium and Curvitricha Melnikov subsect. nova. Eight new species and one variety f...

An attention is called to the number of samples found in different areas of Russia and possessing intermediate characters between Galeopsis bifida and G. speciosa. The question of hybridization in the genus is discussed. The authors support the hypothesis of possible origin of G. pernhofferi by excision of traits from the products of backcrossing o...

The analysis of the structure of sexual forms in the population Glechoma hederacea city of Izhevsk.

Results of study of aquatic vegetation of gulf Beryozovka of Votkinsk pond (the Udmurt Republic) are presented. It is shown that dike building in the gulf mouth has broken the reservoir hydrological mode that leads to its shallowing. The gulf is revealed to be quickly overgrown with aquatic plants. After having changed the gulf vegetation character...

The data on synanthropus Lamiaceae species in the flora of Udmurtia. Described in more detail the behavior of Glechoma hederacea and Salvia verticillata. Reported the discovery of hybrid Galeopsis x pernhofferi.

The floristic structure of the macrophytes of the Berjosovka bay in the Votkinsk pound (Russia, Udmurt Republic, Votkinsk) is investigated. Growth of 136 species of vascular plants from 85 genus and 41 families is revaled. It is leading taxonomically, ecobiomorphological and biotypical analysis; rare species of plants are marked.

In this work are discussed the problems of becoming and place of the family Lamiaceae in flora of Udmurtia. By the amount of species it occupies the 8-th place (3.41%). Here are given the systematic, ecological, areal, biomorphological characteristics of indigenous, alien and growing wild species. In Udmurtia the are 86 species including indigenous...