General characteristics of Lythrum genus with taxonomic, geographic, and ecologic analysis

This article is devoted to learning about species of Lythrum genus. On this purpose we conducted taxonomic, geographic, and ecologic analysis of the plants belonging to this genus. The taxonomic analysis revealed apparently common signs of similarities in the flower according to literature sources. The geographic analysis included local observation and gathering of the species which was carried out by the authors themselves during the period from 2016 to 2019 and was also based on previously published scientific data. The ecologic analysis clarified parameters on conditions and areas of habitation of Lythrum species. The system of ecological and coenotic groups (ECG) of vascular plant species as indicators of the flora biotopes of the Pavlodar region is considered. The indicative value of the ECG system for assessing the biotopes of the Pavlodar region allows them to be used primarily as phyto-indicators of complex environmental factors or for constructing gradients of leading environmental factors.To conclude, all the data represented in this article is to offer a new perspective on Lythrum species in terms of both specific and ecosystemic biological diversityGamtos mokslų fakultetasVytauto Didžiojo universiteta