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Vascular plant diversity of Mount Akdağ in Amasya, Turkey

Year 2020, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 66 - 105, 01.12.2020

Cengiz Yıldırım Erkan Yalçın Arzu Cansaran Abdülkerim Alpınar

Abstract

Geographically, Mt. Akdağ is located between the Central Anatolia and Black Sea Regions of Turkey and its summit is approximately 2060 meters. In this study, the vascular plant diversity of Mt. Akdağ in Amasya Province of Turkey, and the floristic and chorological analysis of this diversity were documented. Family numbers, species and subspecies taxa numbers, endemism rate, and Raunkiaer’s life form spectra were determined. A total of 705 taxa were identified and classified and 699 of them belong to Magnoliophyta and 6 to Pteridophyta. Euro-Siberian and Irano-Turanian elements were dominant in the chorological spectrum. The rate of endemic taxa (74) was found to be 10.49% in the flora.

Keywords

Akdağ Flora Biodiversity Turkey Life form

Supporting Institution

Amasya Üniversitesi

Project Number

FMB-BAP 16- 0165

Thanks

Yazarlar Amasya Üniversitesi'ne teşekkür ederler.

References

  • Alpınar, K. (1979). Akdağ (Amasya) Bitkileri (Akdağ {Amasya} Plants). İstanbul Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, İstanbul (in Turkish, abstract in English).
  • Andersen, M.C. (1993). Diaspore morphology and seed dispersal in several wind‐dispersed Asteraceae. Am J Bot 80(5): 487−492. DOI: 10.2307/2445362.
  • Baytop, A. & Alpınar, K. (1980). Amasya ve Akdağ florası üzerinde yeni gözlemler (New observations on flora of Amasya and Akdağ). Doğa Seri A 4(1): 6−9 (in Turkish, abstract in English).
  • Byng, J.W., Chase, M.W., Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F., Judd, W.S., Mabberley, D.J., Sennikov, A.N., Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S. & Stevens, P.F. (2016). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV. Bot J Linn Soc 181(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12385.
  • Cansaran, A. & Aydoğdu, M. (1998). Flora of the area between Amasya Castle and the villages of Vermiş and Yuvacık. Turk J Bot 22(4): 269−283.
  • Cansaran, A. (2002). The flora of Egerli Mountain (Amasya-Turkey). Turk J Bot 26(6): 453-475.
  • Cansaran, A., Peker, S. & Yıldırım, C. (2007). Floristic characters of the area between the Direkli (Göndes) Village, Yassıçal (Ebemi) Town and Abacı Village (A5/6 Amasya-Turkey). International Journal of Botany 3(3): 240−250.
  • Cansaran, A., Bingöl, M.Ü., Geven, F., Güney, K., Erdoğan, N. & Kaya, Ö.F. (2010). Contribution to the flora of Sakarat Mountain (Amasya/Turkey). Biological Diversity and Conservation 3(1): 103−120.
  • Celep, F., Aytaç, Z. & Karaer, F. (2006). Plant diversity and distribution in the lower Tersakan Valley (Amasya-Turkey). Fl Medit 16: 295−332.
  • Davis, P.H. (1965–1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vols. 1-9. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Davis, P.H., Mill, R.R. & Tan, K. (1988). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. (Suppl.). Vol. 10. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Ekim, T., Koyuncu, M., Vural, M., Duman, H., Aytaç, Z. & Adıgüzel, N. (2000). Red Data Book of Turkish Plants. Turkish Association for the Conservation of Nature and Van Centennial University, Van, pp. 246.
  • Ergen, M. (2016). [Relationship between population and agricultural land in Amasya] In: Samer, M. (Ed.). Urban Agriculture. InTech Publications, Croatia, pp. 89−99.
  • Erturaç, M.K. (2009). Morphotectonics of Amasya and Surroundings. İstanbul Technical University, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, İstanbul.
  • Güner, A., Özhatay, N., Ekim, T. & Başer, K.H.C. (2000). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. (Suppl. 2). Vol. 11. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (2012). List of Turkish Plants (Vascular Plants) [Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler)]. 1st Ed. Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını, İstanbul.
  • Güner, A., Kandemir, A., Menemen, Y., Yıldırım, H., Aslan, S., Ekşi, G., Güner, İ. & Çimen, A.O. (2018). Resimli Türkiye Florası [Illustrated Flora of Turkey]. Cilt 1. ANG Vakfı Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi, İstanbul.
  • Hillaert, J., Vandegehuchte, M.L., Hovestadt, T. & Bonte, D. (2020). Habitat loss and fragmentation increase realized predator–prey body size ratios. Funct Ecol 34(2): 534–544. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13472.
  • IPNI (2020). International Plant Name Index (IPNI). http://www.ipni.org/ [12.01.2020].
  • Kaya, Ö.F., Cansaran, A. & Ertekin, A.S. (2009). Contributions to the flora of the Karaömer Dağı (Amasya/Turkey). The Herb Journal of Systematic Botany 16(1): 59−78.
  • Korkmaz, H., Yalçın, E., Engin, A. & Yıldırım, C. (2005). Flora of Tavşan Mountain (Merzifon / Amasya), The Herb Journal of Systematic Botany 12(2): 103−140.
  • Kurt, L., Ketenoğlu, O., Aydoğdu, M., Kurt, F., Seren, S. & Bingöl, M.Ü. (1998). Contribution to the Flora of the Amasya-Yozgat-Çorum area (Kardağ, Kırlar and Buzluk Mountains). FU Science and Eng Know Bull 10(1): 83−108.
  • Kuş, A. (2016). Amasya according to Henry John van Lennep. Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi 11(1): 253−276.
  • Neffar, S., Menasria, T. & Chenchouni, H. (2018). Diversity and functional traits of spontaneous plant species in Algerian rangelands rehabilitated with prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica L.) plantations. Turk J Bot 42(4): 448−461. DOI: 10.3906/bot-1801-39.
  • Noroozi, J., Zare, G., Sherafati, M., Mahmoodi, M., Moser, D., Asgarpour, Z. & Schneeweiss, G.M. (2019). Patterns of vascular plant endemism in Turkey, the meeting point of three global biodiversity hotspots. Front Ecol Evol 7: 159. DOI: 0.3389/fevo.2019.00159.
  • Özhatay, N., Byfield, A. & Atay, S. (2005). Turkey's 122 Important Plant Areas. WWF Türkiye, İstanbul.
  • Peker, S. (1988). Flora of Kuşpınartepe (Amasya). Gazi University, Institute of Science, Ankara.
  • PWO (2020). Plants of the World Online (PWO). Kew Sciences Data Online. http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/ [18.01.2020].
  • Samad, F.A., Baumel, A., Juin, M., Pavon, D., Siljak-Yakovlev, S., Médail, F. & Kharrat, M. B.D. (2014). Phylogenetic diversity and genome sizes of Astragalus (Fabaceae) in the Lebanon biogeographical crossroad. Plant Syst Evol 300(5): 819−830. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-013-0921-8.
  • Şenkul, C. & Kaya, S. (2017). Türkiye endemik bitkilerinin coğrafi dağılışı. Türk Coğrafya Dergisi 69: 109−120. DOI: 10.17211/tcd.322515. (in Turkish, abstract in English).
  • Toprak, Ö. & Akyazı, M. (2018). The mesozoic stratigraphy and ammonite fauna of Ladik-Akdağ (Samsun) Territory. International Scientific and Vocational Journal 2(2): 148−155.
  • Urgamal, M., Gundegmaa, V., Baasanmunkh, Sh., Oyuntsetseg, B., Darikhand, D. & Munkh-Erdene, T. (2019). Additions to the vascular flora of Mongolia-IV. Proceedings of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences 59(2): 41−53. DOI: 10.5564/pmas.v59i2.1218.
  • Wink, M. (2013). Evolution of secondary metabolites in legumes (Fabaceae). S Afr J Bot 89: 164−175. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2013.06.006.
  • Yıldırım, C. & Kılınç, M. (2010). The flora of the İnegöl Mountain (Gümüşhacıköy/Amasya, Turkey). Biological Diversity and Conservation 3(2): 49−67.
  • Yıldırım, C., Yalçın, E., Cansaran, A. & Korkmaz, H. (2019). Syntaxonomic analysis of forests shrubs and steppes of Tavşan Mountain (Amasya, Turkey). Turk J Bot 43(3): 409–419. DOI: 10.3906/bot-1809-18.
  • Yücel, E. (2005). Çakır Dağı Florası (Çakır Mountain Flora {Merzifon}). Gazi Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Ankara (in Turkish, abstract in English).

Vascular plant diversity of Mount Akdağ in Amasya, Turkey

Year 2020, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 66 - 105, 01.12.2020

Cengiz Yıldırım Erkan Yalçın Arzu Cansaran Abdülkerim Alpınar

Abstract

Geographically, Mt. Akdağ is located between the Central Anatolia and Black Sea Regions of Turkey and its summit is approximately 2060 meters. In this study, the vascular plant diversity of Mt. Akdağ in Amasya Province of Turkey, and the floristic and chorological analysis of this diversity were documented. Family numbers, species and subspecies taxa numbers, endemism rate, and Raunkiaer’s life form spectra were determined. A total of 705 taxa were identified and classified and 699 of them belong to Magnoliophyta and 6 to Pteridophyta. Euro-Siberian and Irano-Turanian elements were dominant in the chorological spectrum. The rate of endemic taxa (74) was found to be 10.49% in the flora.

Keywords

Akdag biodiversity endemism flora life form Turkey

Project Number

FMB-BAP 16- 0165

References

  • Alpınar, K. (1979). Akdağ (Amasya) Bitkileri (Akdağ {Amasya} Plants). İstanbul Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, İstanbul (in Turkish, abstract in English).
  • Andersen, M.C. (1993). Diaspore morphology and seed dispersal in several wind‐dispersed Asteraceae. Am J Bot 80(5): 487−492. DOI: 10.2307/2445362.
  • Baytop, A. & Alpınar, K. (1980). Amasya ve Akdağ florası üzerinde yeni gözlemler (New observations on flora of Amasya and Akdağ). Doğa Seri A 4(1): 6−9 (in Turkish, abstract in English).
  • Byng, J.W., Chase, M.W., Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F., Judd, W.S., Mabberley, D.J., Sennikov, A.N., Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S. & Stevens, P.F. (2016). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV. Bot J Linn Soc 181(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12385.
  • Cansaran, A. & Aydoğdu, M. (1998). Flora of the area between Amasya Castle and the villages of Vermiş and Yuvacık. Turk J Bot 22(4): 269−283.
  • Cansaran, A. (2002). The flora of Egerli Mountain (Amasya-Turkey). Turk J Bot 26(6): 453-475.
  • Cansaran, A., Peker, S. & Yıldırım, C. (2007). Floristic characters of the area between the Direkli (Göndes) Village, Yassıçal (Ebemi) Town and Abacı Village (A5/6 Amasya-Turkey). International Journal of Botany 3(3): 240−250.
  • Cansaran, A., Bingöl, M.Ü., Geven, F., Güney, K., Erdoğan, N. & Kaya, Ö.F. (2010). Contribution to the flora of Sakarat Mountain (Amasya/Turkey). Biological Diversity and Conservation 3(1): 103−120.
  • Celep, F., Aytaç, Z. & Karaer, F. (2006). Plant diversity and distribution in the lower Tersakan Valley (Amasya-Turkey). Fl Medit 16: 295−332.
  • Davis, P.H. (1965–1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vols. 1-9. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Davis, P.H., Mill, R.R. & Tan, K. (1988). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. (Suppl.). Vol. 10. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Ekim, T., Koyuncu, M., Vural, M., Duman, H., Aytaç, Z. & Adıgüzel, N. (2000). Red Data Book of Turkish Plants. Turkish Association for the Conservation of Nature and Van Centennial University, Van, pp. 246.
  • Ergen, M. (2016). [Relationship between population and agricultural land in Amasya] In: Samer, M. (Ed.). Urban Agriculture. InTech Publications, Croatia, pp. 89−99.
  • Erturaç, M.K. (2009). Morphotectonics of Amasya and Surroundings. İstanbul Technical University, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, İstanbul.
  • Güner, A., Özhatay, N., Ekim, T. & Başer, K.H.C. (2000). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. (Suppl. 2). Vol. 11. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (2012). List of Turkish Plants (Vascular Plants) [Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler)]. 1st Ed. Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını, İstanbul.
  • Güner, A., Kandemir, A., Menemen, Y., Yıldırım, H., Aslan, S., Ekşi, G., Güner, İ. & Çimen, A.O. (2018). Resimli Türkiye Florası [Illustrated Flora of Turkey]. Cilt 1. ANG Vakfı Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi, İstanbul.
  • Hillaert, J., Vandegehuchte, M.L., Hovestadt, T. & Bonte, D. (2020). Habitat loss and fragmentation increase realized predator–prey body size ratios. Funct Ecol 34(2): 534–544. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13472.
  • IPNI (2020). International Plant Name Index (IPNI). http://www.ipni.org/ [12.01.2020].
  • Kaya, Ö.F., Cansaran, A. & Ertekin, A.S. (2009). Contributions to the flora of the Karaömer Dağı (Amasya/Turkey). The Herb Journal of Systematic Botany 16(1): 59−78.
  • Korkmaz, H., Yalçın, E., Engin, A. & Yıldırım, C. (2005). Flora of Tavşan Mountain (Merzifon / Amasya), The Herb Journal of Systematic Botany 12(2): 103−140.
  • Kurt, L., Ketenoğlu, O., Aydoğdu, M., Kurt, F., Seren, S. & Bingöl, M.Ü. (1998). Contribution to the Flora of the Amasya-Yozgat-Çorum area (Kardağ, Kırlar and Buzluk Mountains). FU Science and Eng Know Bull 10(1): 83−108.
  • Kuş, A. (2016). Amasya according to Henry John van Lennep. Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi 11(1): 253−276.
  • Neffar, S., Menasria, T. & Chenchouni, H. (2018). Diversity and functional traits of spontaneous plant species in Algerian rangelands rehabilitated with prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica L.) plantations. Turk J Bot 42(4): 448−461. DOI: 10.3906/bot-1801-39.
  • Noroozi, J., Zare, G., Sherafati, M., Mahmoodi, M., Moser, D., Asgarpour, Z. & Schneeweiss, G.M. (2019). Patterns of vascular plant endemism in Turkey, the meeting point of three global biodiversity hotspots. Front Ecol Evol 7: 159. DOI: 0.3389/fevo.2019.00159.
  • Özhatay, N., Byfield, A. & Atay, S. (2005). Turkey's 122 Important Plant Areas. WWF Türkiye, İstanbul.
  • Peker, S. (1988). Flora of Kuşpınartepe (Amasya). Gazi University, Institute of Science, Ankara.
  • PWO (2020). Plants of the World Online (PWO). Kew Sciences Data Online. http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/ [18.01.2020].
  • Samad, F.A., Baumel, A., Juin, M., Pavon, D., Siljak-Yakovlev, S., Médail, F. & Kharrat, M. B.D. (2014). Phylogenetic diversity and genome sizes of Astragalus (Fabaceae) in the Lebanon biogeographical crossroad. Plant Syst Evol 300(5): 819−830. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-013-0921-8.
  • Şenkul, C. & Kaya, S. (2017). Türkiye endemik bitkilerinin coğrafi dağılışı. Türk Coğrafya Dergisi 69: 109−120. DOI: 10.17211/tcd.322515. (in Turkish, abstract in English).
  • Toprak, Ö. & Akyazı, M. (2018). The mesozoic stratigraphy and ammonite fauna of Ladik-Akdağ (Samsun) Territory. International Scientific and Vocational Journal 2(2): 148−155.
  • Urgamal, M., Gundegmaa, V., Baasanmunkh, Sh., Oyuntsetseg, B., Darikhand, D. & Munkh-Erdene, T. (2019). Additions to the vascular flora of Mongolia-IV. Proceedings of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences 59(2): 41−53. DOI: 10.5564/pmas.v59i2.1218.
  • Wink, M. (2013). Evolution of secondary metabolites in legumes (Fabaceae). S Afr J Bot 89: 164−175. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2013.06.006.
  • Yıldırım, C. & Kılınç, M. (2010). The flora of the İnegöl Mountain (Gümüşhacıköy/Amasya, Turkey). Biological Diversity and Conservation 3(2): 49−67.
  • Yıldırım, C., Yalçın, E., Cansaran, A. & Korkmaz, H. (2019). Syntaxonomic analysis of forests shrubs and steppes of Tavşan Mountain (Amasya, Turkey). Turk J Bot 43(3): 409–419. DOI: 10.3906/bot-1809-18.
  • Yücel, E. (2005). Çakır Dağı Florası (Çakır Mountain Flora {Merzifon}). Gazi Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Ankara (in Turkish, abstract in English).
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Primary Language English
Subjects Conservation and Biodiversity
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Cengiz Yıldırım 0000-0001-8149-8290

Erkan Yalçın 0000-0001-5571-7613

Arzu Cansaran 0000-0002-0912-147X

Abdülkerim Alpınar 0000-0001-6000-2479

Project Number FMB-BAP 16- 0165
Publication Date December 1, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2020 Volume: 1 Issue: 2

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APA Yıldırım, C., Yalçın, E., Cansaran, A., Alpınar, A. (2020). Vascular plant diversity of Mount Akdağ in Amasya, Turkey. Türler Ve Habitatlar, 1(2), 66-105.
AMA Yıldırım C, Yalçın E, Cansaran A, Alpınar A. Vascular plant diversity of Mount Akdağ in Amasya, Turkey. turvehab. December 2020;1(2):66-105.
Chicago Yıldırım, Cengiz, Erkan Yalçın, Arzu Cansaran, and Abdülkerim Alpınar. “Vascular Plant Diversity of Mount Akdağ in Amasya, Turkey”. Türler Ve Habitatlar 1, no. 2 (December 2020): 66-105.
EndNote Yıldırım C, Yalçın E, Cansaran A, Alpınar A (December 1, 2020) Vascular plant diversity of Mount Akdağ in Amasya, Turkey. Türler ve Habitatlar 1 2 66–105.
IEEE C. Yıldırım, E. Yalçın, A. Cansaran, and A. Alpınar, “Vascular plant diversity of Mount Akdağ in Amasya, Turkey”, turvehab, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 66–105, 2020.
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