Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• M.A. Soltanipoor ¹
• R. Asadpoor ²

¹ Academic member of Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Hormozgan Province

² B. Sc of Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Hormozgan Province

Abstract

Gontscharovia popovii (B. fedtsch. & Gontsch.) Boriss.is traditionally used for fever, cold, headache and stomachache from ancient times. This investigation was carried out to understand some ecological characters of Gontscharovia popovii and using them in abundant cultivation  for using in medicinal industeries and prevent the plants region from destroying in Hormozgan Province at 1382. Climatic, Geologic and Geomorphologic characteristics, Land types, Campanion plants, Habitate types, Distribution map, Phenologic study, Vegetative parameters measurment and  Soil analysis were done in its habitate. This species was located in  the northy slope of Bokhon mount in Fareghan at 1900 Alt. Climate of the regions is hot and dry deserty. This plant grows in sandy-loam with pH=7.79 and Ec=1.18  milimouse/cm. Type of habitate was Juniperus excelsa-Amygdalus scoparia and were determined more than 30 species was determined in its habitate as Daphne oleoides , Pistacia khinjuk,  Amygdalus scoparia, Olea ferruginea, Pistacia atlantica, Teucrium pollium, Amygdalus lycioides and Astragalus fasciculifolius.

Keywords

• Ecology
• Gontscharovia popovii
• Hormozgan province