Flora of the islands of Franz-Joseph Archipelago and of the northern part of Novaya Zemlya Archipelago (annotated species list)

Given the results of the inventory of the flora of the Arctic Archipelago of Franz-Joseph and of the north of Novaya Zemlya Archipelago in the western sector of the Russian Arctic an annotated list was compiled. The list includes 43 species of flowering plants, belonging to 26 genera and 10 families. The work was carried out under the project (UNDP/GEF - MNR), “Problems of biodiversity conservation in politics and development programs of the Russian energy sector”. The studies were conducted on 12 Islands of Franz-Joseph Archipelago: Hooker, Jackson, Eva-Liv, Kane, Hayes, Alger, Salma, Lee-Smith, Etheridge Big, the Land of Georg, Mabel, Bell and 2 points of Novaya Zemlya Archipelago; in the area of the Gulf of Russian Gavan, and on the island Northern and island Eastern making up a group of Big Oranskii Islands. On the three following islands - Salma, Lee-Smith, Etheridg the study of vegetation was conducted for the first time. The list contains quotations of nomenclature, ecology, and distribution. On the archipelago of Franz-Joseph Land, Saxifraga svalbardensis 0vstedal (collected on the island of Salma) was noted for the first time. The species is endemic to the flora of Archipelago Svalbard neighboring with the Franz-Josef Land. The species has not been previously cited in the review of the vascular plants “Arctic flora of the USSR” and has not been specified for the Russian Arctic sector.