title: [The plant cover of Russia in the area of the Braun-Blanquet syntaxonomy: the development of an approach and the results].
abstract: Theoretical basis of ecologo-floristic classification according to Braun-Blanquet approach is discussed with the special attention to the contribution of Russian scientists. Principal results concern presentation of vegetation continuum in discrete classification units: polymodal conception of plant communities, principle of plural syntaxonomic decisions, pragmatic approach to classification, method of homological rows of plant communities, etc. Current ecologo-floristic classification of vegetation in Russia consists of 77 classes. This system is a good basement for estimation of rarity of plant communities and biodiversity protection. The first variant of "Red Book" of plant communities of Russia and other eastern European countries is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, Ural Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Science, Ufa, Russia.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Mirkin
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Solomeshch
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Zhuravleva
mesh_terms: D017753:Ecosystem; D008722:Methods; D010944:Plants / Q000145:classification*; D012426:Russia; D014586:USSR