Bioecological features of some representatives of Apiaceae in the flora of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan

The results of bioecological and botanical and morphological studies from 2014 to 2018 are presented. 29 ‘monotypic' species of sem. Apiaceae in the flora of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. Their distribution, patterns of distribution depending on the belts of distribution are studied and new areas are found. The density of industrial stocks is determined: Laser trilobum (L.) Borkh. (265.28 tons), Zosima absinthifolia (Vent.) Link (1230.5 tons), Johrenia paucijuga (DC.) Hoffm. (823.6 tons) and their use as a biological source for medicinal, food and other purposes is recommended. Recommendations on the protection of endangered species of the Apiaceae family in the region within the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, of such rare and endemic species as Dorema glabrum Fisch. & C. A. Mey., Smyrniopsis aucheri Boiss., Stenotaenia macrocarpa Freyn & Sinth.