Checklist of rare plants of the flora Ulytau Region

In the article a list and a brief analysis of rare plants of the flora of Ulytau region, listed in the Red Book ofKazakhstan was presented. According to the conducted researches 20 species of rare plants included in theRed Book of Kazakhstan are registered in Ulytau region: Adonis volgensis, Anabasis turgaica, Astragaluskrascheninnikovii, Crambe tataria, Craniospermum subvillosum, Dactylorhiza fuchsii, Ledebouriellaseseloides, Oxytropis subverticillaris, Pulsatilla patens, Silene betpakdalensis, Spiraeanthus schrenkianus,Stipa pennata, Tanacetum ulutavicum, Tulipa albertii, Tulipa biebersteiniana, Tulipa biflora, Tulipaborszczowii, Tulipa patens, Tulipa suaveolens, Valeriana chionophila. We propose to exclude 5 species(Crambe tataria, Pulsatilla patens, Stipa pennata, Tulipa biebersteiniana and Tulipa patens) from the RedData Book of Kazakhstan, as they do not need protection. We consider it is necessary to include in the nextedition of the Red Data Book of Kazakhstan 8 species of narrow-local endemics growing only in Ulytau region:Astragalus krascheninnikovii, Clausia kasakhorum, Gagea sarysuensis, Hedysarum ulutavicum, Seselibetpakdalense, Seseli mironovii, Silene anisoloba, Thymus crebrifolius.