Subalpine and Alpine Flora of Altındere Valley (Maçka, Trabzon)

Authors : Seyran PALABAŞ UZUN, Rahim ANŞİN

Pages : 381-398

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The subalpine and alpine flora of Altındere Valley insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Maçka, Trabzon); was investigated during 2000-2002. The study area is situated in the Colchis sector of the Euro-Siberian floristic area of the Holarctic region with regard to plant geography. In this area, 384 plant taxa belonging to 61 families and 190 genera were determined. The largest family is Asteraceae insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(39; 10%);, and the second largest is Rosaceae insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(35; 9%);. The rates of the taxa belonging to certain phytogeographical regions are as follows: 50.27% Euro-Siberian, 5.99% Irano-Turanian and 1.04% Mediterranean. Moreover, phytogeographically unknown taxa are 42.70%. Thirty-two endemic insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(8.3%); and 9 rare insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2.3%); taxa were determined in the study area. Endemic and rare plants were classified according to IUCN threat categories.
Keywords : Flora, Subalpine, Alpine, Trabzon, Altındere Valley