Taxonomy and ecology of the genus Aconitum L. in the Ukrainian Carpathians

In the Ukrainian Carpathians 12 species of the genus Aconitum occur, circumscribed by three subgenera. General descriptions, ecological characteristics, chorology and threat of 20 Aconitum taxa are given based on herbarium materials and fi eld investigations. It was found out that all studied taxa belong to three ecological groups, which are distributed in diff erent altitudinal belts, to four biomorphological groups and to two main life forms.