2025 Ecosystem Transformation 8 (2), 3-11

New find of vulnerable species Acorus calamus L. (Acoraceae) and some other plant species in Northern Armenia

Gabrielyan I.G., Sadokov D.O.  

For the first time, a new native species of Acorus calamus L. (Acoraceae) is reported for the Lori floristic region in the northern part of the Republic of Armenia. Thickets of sweet flag were discovered in 2020–2021 at four lakes of the Lori Lakes system (Stepanavan-2, Novoseltsevo-1, Novoseltsevo-2, and Saratovka). Previously, this species was known only from the Yerevan floristic region of Armenia. Also, during the work on the Lori lakes, several rare species of Armenian flora were registered: Nymphaea alba L., Carex bohemian Schreb., Iris sibirica L., Utricularia intermedia Hayne, and Nymphoides peltatum (S.G. Gmel.) Kuntze.

I. G. Gabrielyan1
A.L. Takhtajyan Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
Acharyan St. 1, Yerevan, 0063 Republic of Armenia


D. O. Sadokov
Shenzhen MSU-BIT University
International University Park 1, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, 518115 People's Republic of China

ITMO University
Kronverksky prospect 49A, St. Petersburg, 197101 Russia

dmitriisadokov@gmail.com

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