Title: Vascular flora of the Uludag Mt (Bursa, Turkey)-I
Abstract: The vascular flora of the Uludag Mt, which is one of the 122 Important Plant Areas in Turkey and has Emergency status for conservation priorities, was determined. During the floristic surveys, 1309 taxa of 488 genera belonging to 102 families were recorded. As the total number of taxa was very high, the flora of the study area is presented in two parts. This paper comprises 247 taxa, including ferns, gymnosperms and monocotyledones. The remainder of the plant list consisting of dicotyledones is presented in a second part. Considering all taxa in the study area, the largest families are Asteraceae (173), Fabaceae (94), Poaceae (79), Lamiaceae (78), and Brassicaceae (70) in terms of the number of taxa. The largest genera are Trifolium (25), Veronica (19), Verbascum (18), Hypericum (18), and Ranunculus (17). The distribution of taxa according to phytogeographical elements is as follows: Euro- Siberian 252 (19.24%), Mediterranean 151 (11.54%), Irano-Turanian 50 (3.82%), and multiregional or unknown 856 (65.40%). The range of Raunkier's life forms is as follows: hemicryptophytes 55%, therophytes 20.4%, cryptophytes 15.1%, phanerophytes 7.4%, and chamaephytes 2.1%. The number of taxa endemic to Turkey is 169 (the endemism rate is 12.9%) and 31 of these taxa are endemic to the study area.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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