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Abstract ................................................................................................. 202 11.1 Introduction ................................................................................ 202 11.2 Materials and Methodology ....................................................... 207 11.3 Results and Discussion ............................................................... 208 11.3.1 The Origin of the Genus Name Amelanchier and
Etnobotanichni Aspects of the Species Epithets ............. 208 11.3.2 The Systematic Position of the Genus Amelanchier ...... 209 11.3.3 Evolution Directions of the Genus Amelanchier ............ 215 11.3.4 The Areal of the Genus Amelanchier ............................. 219 11.3.5 The Invasiveness Problems of the Genus
Amelanchier Individual Representatives ........................ 220 11.3.6 The Representatives of the Genus
Amelanchier in the Flora of Ukraine .............................. 223 11.4 Conclusion ................................................................................. 227 Acknowledgement ................................................................................ 228 Keywords .............................................................................................. 228 References ............................................................................................. 229
ABSTRACT
Within the frames of retrospective discourse, the information concerning breeding value of a representative of the genus Amelanchier Medik. — for national pomiculture, decorative gardening, and pharmacy – is integrated. This article characterizes their: biological peculiarities, ecological adaptiveness, palatability traits and cooking qualities of their fruits, their availability for drying and processing, namely preparing juices, syrups, jams, candied fruit jellies, comfiture, and also fruit wine. The effectiveness of using Juneberry for phytomeliorative is mentioned, some ethnobotanical aspects are discussed. Data about chromosome numbers and the geographical origin of the genus Amelanchier representatives cultivated in Ukraine and their closest congeners from the family Rosaceae Juss. are cited. Controversial questions of the genus Amelanchier system were discussed from the classical and molecular genetic approaches. The results of phylogenetical and molecular genetic researches made by scientists of different countries offer a possibility to specify the systematic position of the genus Amelanchier representatives of the family Rosaceae Juss. grown in Ukraine, and to place them temporarily in a big subfamily Amygdaloideae Arn., which combines the former subfamilies Amygdaloideae, Spiraeoideae, and Maloideae, tribe – Maleae Small, subtribe – Malinae Rev.
