tailieunhanh - The flora of Ahirdagi (Afyonkarahisar) and its environs

The flora of Ahirdagi was investigated between 1996 and 2000. In the vegetation periods, a total of 965 plant specimens were collected. At the end of the study 603 taxa at species and subspecies ranks belonging to 299 genera and 80 families had been determined. | Turk J Bot 27 2003 357-381 TOBlTAK Research Article The Flora of Ahirdagi Afyonkarahisar and its Environs Mustafa KARGIOGLU Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Science and Arts Department of Biology Afyon - Turkey Received Accepted Abstract The flora of Ahirdagi was investigated between 1996 and 2000. In the vegetation periods a total of 965 plant specimens were collected. At the end of the study 603 taxa at species and subspecies ranks belonging to 299 genera and 80 families had been determined. Seventy-nine taxa are endemic and the ratio is . The phytogeographical spectra of the species are as follows Mediterranean Irano-Turanian Euro-Siberian and phytogeographically unknown . Threatened categories were proposed for the 79 endemic taxa according to IUCN categories. Key Words Flora Ahirdagi Afyon Turkey Ahirdagi Afyonkarahisar ve evresinin Florasi Ozet Ahirdagi nin florasi 1996-2000 yillari arasinda aragtirildi. Aragtirma alanindan 965 bitki ornegi toplandi. Bu paligmanin sonunda aragtirma alaninda 80 familyaya ait 299 cins ve 603 tur ve turalti takson tespit edildi. Bu taksonlarin 79 u Turkiye ipin endemik olup endemizm orani dur. Turlerin fitocografik bolgelere gore dagilimi goyledir Akdeniz Iran-Turan Avrupa-Sibirya ve fitocografik olarak bilinmeyenler ise dir. IUCN tehlike kategorilerine gore 79 endemik taksonun tehlike durumu degerlendirilmigtir. Anahtar Sozcukler Flora Ahirdagi Afyon Turkiye Introduction Ahirdagi is located in the south-west of Afyonkarahisar province and borders on the Sincanli and Hocalar districts. It is also a point on the intersection zone of the Mediterranean Irano-Turanian and Euro-Siberian phytogeographic regions. According to the grid square system the southern part of Hocalar is located in the square B2 and the other part in B3. The lowest altitude is 800 m around Hocalar. Its highest point is 2000 m at Ahirdagi Figure 1 . The region chosen as the .