Abstract
Lectures at the symposium were divided into sections devoted to the Phylogeography, Biogegraphy, Evolutionary processes in European and extra-European mountain ranges, Polyploidy, Apomixis, Molecular approaches in plant evolution, and to the Ecological factors in plant evolution. 151 participants of the symposium came from 28 countries and they contributed 46 oral presentations and 52 posters; their contributions reflected broad spectrum of current methodical approaches to the study of the evolutionary patterns in plants providing the picture of flourishing plant biosystematics.