Abstract
A series of brief notes on distribution of vascular plants alien to Kyrgyzstan is presented. A further expansion of Anthemis ruthenica (Asteraceae), Crambe orientalis (Brassicaceae) and Salvia aethiopis (Lamiaceae) in northern and northwestern Kyrgyzstan is recorded. The first record of Chenopodium vulvaria (Amaranthaceae) from the northern side of Kyrgyz Range is confirmed, and the species was found for the second time in Alay Range. The ephemerous occurrence of Hirschfeldia incana (Brassicaceae) in Central Asia is recorded for the first time from Fergana Range. Tragus racemosus (Poaceae) is first recorded from the Chüy Depression as an ephemerous alien. Arrhenatherum elatius, escaped from cultivation and locally established, is new to the country. The second record of established occurrence of Centaurea solstitialis (Asteraceae) and an ephemerous occurrence of Glaucium corniculatum (Papaveraceae) are presented. Complete information is collected about the occurrence of every mentioned species in Kyrgyzstan.
Highlights
The first checklist of the flora of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan (Lazkov and Sultanova 2011) listed 3869 species of which 71 species (1.8%) were considered introduced aliens
Very little information is available about alien plants in the country, mostly in the form of unannotated records scattered in “grey” literature
The majority of new records comes from the field season of 2013
Summary
The first checklist of the flora of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan (Lazkov and Sultanova 2011) listed 3869 species of which 71 species (1.8%) were considered introduced aliens. Very little information is available about alien plants in the country, mostly in the form of unannotated records scattered in “grey” literature. The present collection of new records provides available information on 9 species of vascular plants, either first reported from the country or with poorly known distributions there. The flora of Kyrgyzstan is still very imperfectly studied, and the present contribution aims at completing the gaps in the only checklist in existence to date (Lazkov and Sultanova 2011)
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