The Current Situation of Coenopopulation of <i>Lepidium subcordatum</i> Botsch. et Vved. (<i>Brassicaceae</i>) in Relict Mountains Kyzylkum (Uzbekistan)

Abstract

<i> Lepidium subcordatum </i> Botsch. et Vved. ( <i> Brassicaceae </i> ) is a rare endemic species of relict mountains of the Kyzylkum desert. The plant is listed in the “Red Data Book of Uzbekistan”. It grows on stony and rocky slopes of relict mountains. The ontogenetic structure of five coenotypical populations of this taxa growing in the Kuldzhuktau and Auminzatau mountains had been revealed. The ontogenesis duration is more than 20 years in natural habitats. All investigated coenopopulations can be assessed as normal and incomplete. The typical spectrum of coenopopulations is centralized with a peak in the middle-generative individuals. The ontogenetic spectrum of the most studied coenopopulations coincides with the characteristic ontogenetic structure that indicates a favorable environmental condition in region for self-maintenance of <i> L. subcordatum </i> coenopopulations.