The electronic monograph by I.N. Pospelov and E.B. Pospelova "Flora of vascular plants of the Anabar-Kotuy mountain range and its northern framing" has been published. This electronic publication is a harmonious addition to the monographs previously published by these authors - "Flora of vascular plants of Taimyr and adjacent territories" and "Flora of vascular plants of the World Heritage Site "Putorana Plateau" and its buffer zone", which now cover a huge region, characterizing the diversity of vascular plants of almost the entire north of Central Siberia.
Pdf of the monograph: https://sev-in.ru/sites/default/files/2025-06/anabar_kotuy_flora_final.pdf
The monograph provides an annotated list of vascular plants growing in the northern Anabar-Kotuy mountain range and adjacent forest-tundra areas, the flora of which has been almost unexplored before. The list is based on the results of many years of our own field research, taking into account the few literary data and herbarium funds.
The history of the territory's survey is described, its general physical and geographical characteristics are given (geology, relief, climate, hydrological objects), and a detailed description of the vegetation of 29 key areas is given.
A comparison of the flora of the entire territory and individual areas with regional floras of adjacent territories in the north of Central Siberia is made.
One of the results of this monograph was the conclusion about the highest similarity of the flora of the Anabar-Kotuysky massif, both in taxonomic composition and in geographical and ecological-cenotic structure, with the flora of the east of Putorana, which is due to the similarity of mesoclimates and similar Pleistocene history of their territories.
The book is intended for general botanists, botanical geographers, specialists in the flora and vegetation of the northern Subarctic.
In the future, it is expected that the monograph will also be published in paper form.
Researcher of the Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Use of Bioresources of the IEE RAS I.N.Pospelov.