Rare species of medicinal plants of the Ritsa Relict National Park (Republic of Abkhazia)

In order to determine the resource potential of natural phytocenoses Republic Abkhazia, study medicinal plants flora Ritsa Relict National Park - a unique complex that occupies an important place all over Caucasus and entire chain mountains Eurasia, part Colchis. The diversity geological structure, topography, soils, climate hydrological conditions caused formation with endemic relict (West Abkhazian) plant species their communities on territory. Today, RRNP includes 1201 species, among which 179 from 64 families are classified in various categories rarity. Medicinal used official folk medicine represented by 115 93 genera 48 families, is 10% park. Among RRNP, there 17 relicts ( Alnus barbata C.A. Mey., Chiastophyllum oppositifolium (Ledeb.) Berger, Convallaria transcaucasica Utkin, Cyclamen abchasicum (Medw.) Kolak., Daphne pontica L., Digitalis schischkinii Ivanina, Dioscorea caucasica Lipsky, Erythronium caucasicum Woronow, Hedera colchica (K. Koch) K. Koch, Hypericum xylosteifolium (Spach) N. Robson, Ilex Pojark., Laurocerasus officinalis Roem., Sanicula europaea Solanum persicum Willd., Swertia iberica Fisch. & Tamus communis Tilia Rupr.). This report provides ecological biological characteristics, morphological description use.