Berit Dağı'nın (Kahramanmaraş) floristik özellikleri

In this article, the floristical characteristics of Berit Dağı (Berit Mountain) are given and the vascular plant species growing there are documented. Berit Dağı is situated in the north-west of Kahramanmaraş province and at the south of Anatolian diagonal. It is in the transitional zone of the Irano-Turanian and Mediterranean phytogeographical regions. The research was carried out between 1977 and 1981. Approximately 2500 plant specimens were collected from the area. At the end of the study, 1132 vascular plant species (1165 taxa) belonging to 97 families and 462 genera were identified. Of these, 200 (17.6%) species are endemic to Turkey. The phytogeographic elements are represented in the study area as follows: Irano-Turanian 320 (28.2%), Mediterranean 170 (15.0%), Euro-Siberian 63 (5.6%). Three new species (Eryngium hedgeanum Kit Tan & Yıldız, Heracleum marashicum Kit Tan & Yildiz, and Asyneuma ekimianum Yildiz & Kit Tan) and two subspecies (Asyneuma ekimianum Yildiz & Kit Tan subsp. ekimianum, A. ekimi anum Yildiz & Kit Tan subsp. beritensis Yildiz & Kit Tan) were described from the area.

Floristical characteristics of Berit Dağı

In this article, the floristical characteristics of Berit Dağı (Berit Mountain) are given and the vascular plant species growing there are documented. Berit Dağı is situated in the north-west of Kahramanmaraş province and at the south of Anatolian diagonal. It is in the transitional zone of the Irano-Turanian and Mediterranean phytogeographical regions. The research was carried out between 1977 and 1981. Approximately 2500 plant specimens were collected from the area. At the end of the study, 1132 vascular plant species (1165 taxa) belonging to 97 families and 462 genera were identified. Of these, 200 (17.6%) species are endemic to Turkey. The phytogeographic elements are represented in the study area as follows: Irano-Turanian 320 (28.2%), Mediterranean 170 (15.0%), Euro-Siberian 63 (5.6%). Three new species (Eryngium hedgeanum Kit Tan & Yıldız, Heracleum marashicum Kit Tan & Yildiz, and Asyneuma ekimianum Yildiz & Kit Tan) and two subspecies (Asyneuma ekimianum Yildiz & Kit Tan subsp. ekimianum, A. ekimi anum Yildiz & Kit Tan subsp. beritensis Yildiz & Kit Tan) were described from the area.

___

  • Aytaç Z (1997). The revision of the Section Dasyphyllum Bunge of the Genus Astragalus L. of Turkey. Turk J Bot 21: 31-57.
  • Baytop T & Mathew B (1984). The Bulbous Plants of Turkey, London: B.T. Batsford ltd.
  • Bobrow EG (1966). A Review of the Genus Reaumuria L. Bot Zhurn 51:1057-1702.
  • Bor NL (ed.) (1968). Flora of Iraq, Vol. 9, Baghdad.
  • Buttler KP (1977). Revision von Beta section Corollinae (Chenopodiaceae) I, Selb Basiserten Mitt Bot 13: 255-336.
  • Davis PH (ed.) (1965-1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Vol. 1-9, Edinburgh: University Press.
  • Davis PH, Mill RR & Tan Kit (ed.) (1988). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Vol. 10, Edinburgh: University Press.
  • Edmondson JR (1978). The Genus Doronicum L. in Iran, Notes Roy Bot Gard Edinb 37: 67-73.
  • Ekim T, Yildiz B & Çelik N (1986). New Floristic Records from Central Anatolia. Do¤a Turk J Bio 10(1): 79-99.
  • Grey-Wilson C & Mathew B (1981). Bulbs. Glasgow: William Col. Ltd.
  • Herrnstadt I & Heyn CC (1977). A monographic Study of the Genus Prangos (Umbelliferae), Boissiera 26: 8-81.
  • İlarslan R (1996). Türkiye’nin Delphinium L. (Ranunculaceae) Cinsinin Revizyonu. Turk J Bot 20: 133-159.
  • Komarow VL (ed.) (1934-1960). Flora of the USSR, Vol. 1-26, Translated from Russian, Israel P. Sci. Trns. Jerusalem.
  • Rechinger KH (ed.) (1967-1988). Flora Iranica, No. 1-220, Graz (Austria): Acad. Druk Ver.
  • Tan Kit, Yildiz B (1988). New Asyneuma (Campanulaceae) Taxa from Turkey. Willdenowia 18: 67-80.
  • Townsend CC (ed.) (1966-1985). Flora of Iraq, Vol. 2,3,4,8, Baghdad.
  • Tutin TG et al. (1964-1980). Flora Europaea, Vol. 1-5, Cambridge: University Press.
  • Yildiz B & Tan Kit (1988). Thirteen New Species from Turkey, Notes Roy Bot Gard Edinb 45: 439-451.
  • Yildiz B (1984). C6 Karesin için Yeni Floristik Kay›tlar. CÜ Fen Bil Derg 2: 43-52.
  • Zohary M & Haller D (1984). The Genus Trifolium, Jerusalem: The Israel Ac Sci Hum.