Characteristics of the latent and pregenerative periods in the development of Dianthus L. species in the Cis-Ural region of Bashkortostan

The initial stagesof ontogenesis of species of the genusDianthusL. (carnation):D. barbatusL.,D. carthusianorumL.,D. giganteusd’Urv,D. hypanicusAndrz.,D.knappii(Pant.) Asch. & Kanitz exBorbas,D. oschtenicusGalushko,D. plumariusL. are described. The research was conducted inthe continental climate conditions of the Bashkir Cis-Ural, at theSouth-Ural Botanical Garden-Institute of Ufa Federal Center of Russian Academyof Sciences (SUBGI UFRC RAS). The following tasks were solvedduring the research: two age periods were described–latent,pregenerative and 4 age states (seedlings, juvenile, immature and virginile);the signs characteristic of each state are described; the morphologicalparameters of plants are characterized; the developmental features of thestudied species in the initial periods of ontogenesis are revealed.Marker features of pregenerative ontogenetic states of carnation (sprouts, juvenile,immature, virginal plants) are identified, and the duration of stayin each of them is indicated.