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Book of Abstracts First Legume Society Conference 2013: A Legume Odyssey Novi Sad, Serbia, 9-11 May 2013
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Ecogeography and distribution of forage legumes in Turkey
Duygu Sari, Adem Cetin, Zeynep Ozugur, F Oncu Ceylan, Cengiz Toker
Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
Many economically important forage legumes species are naturally grown in flora of Turkey. The
genera Astragalus, Coronilla, Lathyrus, Lotus, Lupinus, Medicago, Melilotus, Onobrychis, Pisum, Trifolium,
Trigonella andVicia are distributed in Turkey. Astragalus L. with 438 species is generally considered
to be the largest genus in the family Fabaceae in Turkey. Coronilla L. contains three species in
Turkey. Lathyrus L. is one of the largest genera and included 64 species distributed in
Turkey.Lotus L. is represented by 20 species in Turkey. Lupinus L. includes six species in Turkey.
Medicago L. consists of 51 species in Turkey. Melilotus L. contains 11 species in Turkey. Onobrychis
Miller with 55 species is distributed in Turkey. Pisum L. comprises distinctly different two species,
P. sativum L. and P. fulvum Subth & Smith, and all taxa of P. sativum including var. sativum, var.
arvense, var. elatius, var. humile (syn: var. syriacum or var. pumilio), and var. brevipedinculatum are
distributed in the flora of Turkey. Trifolium L. is found in Turkey with 106 species. Trigonella L.
with 32 species are distributed in Turkey. Vicia L. is represented by 62 species in Turkey. The
species of these genera are distributed from coastal region to alpine vegetation. Variation in the
cultivated species, wild endemic species and progenitors grown in Turkey suggest that Turkey is
one of the most important variation centers and cradle of forage legumes and also origin center.
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