Head of laboratory

Phd, assistant Professor Abdiyeva Rena Tahmazovna  

Directions of activity

• Study of the diversity and structure of plant communities;
• Identification of rare plant communities and new communities forming under modern conditions;
• Classification of vegetation using classical and modern methods;
• Study of successions (changes) occurring in vegetation under conditions of climate change and increased anthropogenic factors;
• Assessment of biodiversity at the species level;
• Geobotanical zoning of vegetation; Creation of an electronic database, "Vegetation of Azerbaijan." 

Scientific achievements

A conception of the flora of forest ecosystems of the Greater Caucasus was compiled, an assessment of α-, β-, γ-diversity was carried out, the main plant units were determined and their diagrams were drawn up. A list of useful (medicinal, food, ornamental, dyeing, etc.) plants has been formed, the cenopulations of some rare and endangered species have been studied, phenological observations have been made on rare plants planted in the Central Botanical Garden.
376 seed collections belonging to 364 plant species have been collected from different regions of Azerbaijan and are storage in the Seed Bank. Out of these, 301 species are useful and 54 species are rare and endangered.