The conception “relict” in geobotany: history of questions and modern approach

In the article the history of the developing conception “relict” in the Russians geobotany is characterized. The criterion of the relict is revealed for example of the apricot vegetation in Transbaikalense. The analyses of the relicts it is necessary give on the differed level – species, community and landscape systems. The relict phytocoenoses of the cryophyte steppes is marked on the tertiary pediments of the South-East Altai.