CALLA PALUSTRIS L.: HISTORY OF STUDIES AND PROSPECTIVE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
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https://doi.org/10.32782/1998-6475.2025.59.28Keywords:
literature review, distribution, nature reserves, populations, morphological features, analysisAbstract
The paper highlights the main directions of research on Calla palustris L. A literature review has established that the first mentions of this species date back to the mid-18th century. Since the mid-20th century, chorological, morpho- anatomical and conservation aspects of research have become more active. A significant number of works are devoted to the study of the distribution of C. palustris in Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Finland, Germany, the United States, Croatia, Moldova and Switzerland. Foreign researchers have identified the biological and ecological characteristics of the species under study, the growth and development of the flower, the morphology and ultrastructure of pollen, and the ability to reproduce vegetative. The distribution of this species in Ukraine has been studied since the 1920s by M.V. Klokov, E.M. Lavrenko, and M.V. Sharleman; since the early 1950s – by O.D. Visyulina. The current status of S. palustris habitats has been studied at the regional level over the last two decades, along with other species of Ukrainian flora. Currently, Ukrainian researchers are highlighting the ecological and coenotic features of habitats and their representation in the network of nature reserves (G.A. Chorna, N.P. Golub, L.M. Borsukevich, Yu.V. Kanarsky, V.V. Konishchuk, M.V. Starovoitova, V.A. Onishchenko, O.O. Pryadko, T.L. Andrienko, Ya.V. Shtyk, V.V. Novosad, O.F. Shcherbakova, K.V. Novosad, O.V. Sverdlov, Yu.V. Karpenko, V.P. Krasnov, O.V. Miskova, and others). Carpological features were studied by A. Odintsova and V. Goncharenko. L. Ishchuk and G. Ishchuk proposed using C. palustris plants to create rain gardens in urban ecosystems. An analysis of literary sources shows that the study of C. palusris is carried out in three directions: floristic, where an inventory was carried out and floristic lists were compiled, with the participation of the species under study; ecological, which is related to geobotanical, ecological and zoological studies; complex-population, which is fragmentary in nature. In particular, there is insufficient information on the systematic monitoring of the status and abundance of their populations in the administrative regions of Ukraine, where C. palusris is a regionally rare species. Therefore, the materials we have collected will serve as a basis for further research to preserve C. palustris populations ex situ and in situ.
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