Possible pathways of the agamic complex evolution in flowering plants are under consideration. Arguments are addused that gametophytic apomixis as the mode of reproduction in flowering plants existed in all the times of their evolution and that agamic complex transformated in sexual polyploid complexes.
A list of 277 flowering plant species to be included into the third edition of the Red Book of the Saratov region is proposed. The necessity to correct and extend the protected taxon list in comparison with the second edition is substantiated. Principles of taxon selection for the third edition are discussed.
