The bioecological and geographical characteristics of the Alyssum L. genus common in the flora of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

The article mentions the bioecological and geographical characteristics of the genus Alyssum L. - one of the large genera of the Brassicaceae family, widespread in the flora of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic . As a result of the studies, the following species were identified in the flora of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic: Alyssum calycinum L., Alyssum Stephan ex Willd., Alyssum gehamense Fed., Alyssum hirsutum M. Bieb., Alyssum murale Waldst. & Kit., Alyssum parviflorum Fisch. ex M. Bieb., Alyssum persicum Boiss. ( A. muelleri Boiss. & Buhse), Alyssum stapfii Vierh. ( A. buschianum Grossh.), Alyssum strictum Willd., Alyssum strigosum Banks & Soland. ( A. campestre L.), Alyssum strictum Willd., Alyssum tortuosum Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd., Alyssum turkestanicum Regel & Schmalh. ( A. desertorum Stapf) of the genus Alyssum L. Here is information about the distribution of representatives of the genus Alyssum L. in the territorial flora by altitude zones, ecological environment, phenophase, life form, types of geographic zones and ecological group by humidity. Also mentioned were useful features of the genus, subendemic species of Azerbaijan, species characteristic of the flora of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.