Distribution analysis, updated checklist, and DNA barcodes of the endemic vascular flora of the Altai mountains, a Siberian biodiversity hotspot

A.S. Erst12* , A.YU. Nikulin3 , V.YU. Nikulin3 , A.L. Ebel24 , E.V. Zibzeev1 , M.T. Sharples5* , S. Baasanmunkh6 , Hyeok JAE Choi6 , M.V. Olonova2 , A.I. Pyak24 , I.I. Gureyeva2 , T.V. Erst7 , A. Kechaykin8 , A. Luferov9 , S. YU. Maltseva10 , M. Nobis11 , L. Lian12 & W. Wang12* 1 Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia2 Laboratory of the Herbarium, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia3 Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia4 Research Organization Department, Tuvan State University, 36 Lenin St., Kyzyl, 667000, Republic of Tuva, Russia5 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 80309, Colorado, USA6 Department of Biology and Chemistry, Changwon National University, Changwon, 51140, South Korea7 Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia8 South-Siberian Botanical Garden, Altai State University, pr. Lenina, 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russia9 Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State, Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 8 Izmailovsky Ave, Moscow, 105043, Russia10 Laboratory of Molecular Systematics of Aquatic Plants, К.А. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, IPP RAS, Moscow, Russia11 Department of Taxonomy, Phytogeography and Palaeobotany, Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland12 Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Beijing, 100093, China