- İstanbul Journal of Pharmacy
- Volume:44 Issue:2
- İstanbul’s flowering plant richness and two rare Apiaceae species
İstanbul’s flowering plant richness and two rare Apiaceae species
Authors : Neriman Özhatay SIRRI YÜZBAŞIOĞLU, Neriman Özhatay
Pages : 101-112
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Publication Date : 2015-08-11
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :The aim of this paper to summarize vascular plant diversity of the İstanbul province insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Turkey);. The province covers just 5110 km2, yet support remarkably high diversity of plant richness with approximately 2500 flowering plant taxa more than total flora of the Netherlands or United Kingdom. The wide diversity of unusual habitats has allowed the development of an astonishingly rich flora. Grassland, forests, heathlands, sand dunes and other coastal habitats and wetlands within the province are high international importance to native conservation. Much of the province of İstanbul is of importance to nature conservation, but 7 areas stand out as being exceptional called Important Plant Areas: 1. Ağıldere & Ağaçlı dunes; 2. Terkos - Kasatura forests and coastline; 3.Gümüşdere-Kilyos dunes; 4. Hadımköy-Kemerburgaz Grassland and Heatlands; 5. Upper Bosphorus: 6. Sahilköy to Şile dunes & forests; 7. Istanbul’s Asian Hills, Ömerli Basin. The most of herbarium specimens of the vascular flora of İstanbul have been deposited in ISTE Herbarium. Because of the this paper presented in the Apiales Meeting, the first Apiaceae specimens kept in ISTE, Artedia squamata L. and two rare Apiaceae species insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Peucedenum obtusifolium and Heptaptera triquetra); have been discussedKeywords : Apiaceae, Important Plant Area IPA, Peucedenum obtusifolium, Heptaptera triquetra, vascular flora of İstanbul
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