This study was carried
out to reveal the vascular plant diversity of Çaltepe and Çeletepe. During 2015−2018,
2340 plant specimens were collected from the research area and 363 genera and 767
taxa belonging to 81 families were determined. Of all the collected taxa, 66
are endemic and endemism rate is %8.60. The IUCN threat categories of endemic
and rare plants at global level are as follows: 1 taxon in “CR” category, as
well as 4 taxa “EN”, 4 taxa “VU”, 9 taxa “NT”, and 45 taxa “LC”. Also, 3 rare
taxa are found in the “VU” category, as well as 1 rare taxon in the “DD”
category at regional level. 56 taxa are new records for the province of Bolu.
The largest families in the study area are as follows: Asteraceae 97 taxa (%12.65),
Fabaceae 62 taxa (%8.08), Lamiaceae 51 taxa (%6.65), Rosaceae 44 taxa (%5.74),
Poaceae 37 taxa (%4.82), Brassicaceae 35 taxa (%4.56), Caryophyllaceae 32 taxa
(%4.17), Apiaceae 28 taxa (%3.65), Boraginaceae 27 taxa (%3.52) and Orchidaceae
24 taxa (%3.13). The distribution of taxa into phytogeographic regions are as
follows: 234 taxa (%30.50) Euro-Siberian, 64 taxa (%8.34) Mediterranean, 46 taxa
(%5.99) Irano-Turanian, and 423 taxa (%55.15) multiregional and/or unknown. Geranium and Silene (12 taxa) are the most common genera in the research area.
These genera are followed by Salvia (11
taxa), Trifolium, Veronica and Campanula (each with 10 taxa), Ranunculus,
Euphorbia and Vicia (each with 8 taxa), and Poa
(7 taxa).
Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi
BAP–2015.03.01.817
This study was supported by Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University (Project No: BAP–2015.03.01.817). We thank our institution for their financial contributions. We would like to thank Assoc. Prof. Dr. Barış ÖZÜDOĞRU, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Evren CABİ, Burçin ÇINGAY, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet SAĞIROĞLU, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rıza BİNZET, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehtap TEKŞEN, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ersin KARABACAK, Prof. Dr. M. Tekin BABAÇ and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emel USLU for their help to diagnosis of some plants. We would like to thank Serdar ASLAN for his help in creating climate diagrams and Ayşe KAYA ÇELİK for supported us during our studies.
BAP–2015.03.01.817
Primary Language | English |
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Journal Section | Research Articles |
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Project Number | BAP–2015.03.01.817 |
Publication Date | June 30, 2020 |
Acceptance Date | December 12, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 Volume: 29 Issue: 1 |
Communications Faculty of Sciences University of Ankara Series C-Biology.
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