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ENDEMIC TAXA OF THE SECTION COTA (J.GAY)RUPR.<br />

(ANTHEMIS L.), THREATENED CATEGORIES<br />

AND CONSERVATION MEASURES<br />

M. Ufuk ÖZBEK, Mecit VURAL<br />

Gazi Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümü, Ankara, ufukozbek@gazi.edu.tr,<br />

mvural@gazi.edu.tr<br />

Genus Anthemis L. (Asteraceae) is represented by about 215 species from all over the world.<br />

These species are distributed in Europe, Southwest Asia, North and East Africa. The genus<br />

comprises 79 taxa belonging to 3 sections in Turkey. Among them 29 taxa are endemic to<br />

Turkey. Some of these endemics are widespread, while remainings are restricted in small<br />

areas. In this study, threat categories of some of 7 endemic plant species belonging to section<br />

Cota (J.Gay) Rupr. were rearrenged according to IUCN criteria, their distribution maps were<br />

given and also photos of them were presented.<br />

Keywords: Anthemis, Section Cota, endemism, IUCN categories, Turkey.<br />

EVALUATION OF THREAT CATEGORIES OF THE ENDEMIC<br />

PLANTS OF SAKARAT MOUNTAIN (AMASYA/TURKEY)<br />

M. Ümit B�NGÖL 1 , Arzu CANSARAN 2 , Fatmagül GEVEN 1 , Kerim GÜNEY 3 ,<br />

Neslihan ERDO�AN 4, Ömer Faruk KAYA 5<br />

1 Ankara University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Ankara mumit1111@hotmail.com<br />

2 Amasya University, Faculty of Education, Department of Primary School Teaching, Amasya<br />

3 Kastamonu University, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Engineering, Kastamonu<br />

4 Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biology, Burdur<br />

5 Harran University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biology, �anl�urfa<br />

This study based on the vegetation field survey between 2004 and 2005 is done for the purpose<br />

of determining the vegetation of Sakarat Mountain (Amasya). During the plant vegetation<br />

seasons, 2000 plant samples were collected. These were determined to be belonging to 494 taxa<br />

from 283 genera and 78 families. In the survey area, six different vegetation types forest<br />

(deciduous, mixed coniferous and deciduous), subalpine, steppe, rocky, wet grassland and<br />

segetal were present.<br />

The threat categories of the endemic species of Sakarat Mountain were determined and<br />

evaluated according to ‘Red Data Book of Turkish Plants’, which was prepared by using IUCN<br />

criteria.<br />

A total of 40 plant taxa were determined as endemic (8,09 % of all taxa). Highest ratios of<br />

endemic taxa were from families Fabaceae (15 %) and Lamiaceae (15 %). Phytogeographic<br />

elements among endemic taxa were listed as Irano-Turanian (32,5 %), Euro-Siberian (22,5 %),<br />

Mediterranean (2,5 %), while phytogeographic origin of 42,5 % of endemic taxa were<br />

unknown.<br />

As endemic taxa and their threat categories are evaluated, 1 (2,5 %) species was found to in<br />

endangered, 3 (7,5 %) in near threatened and 36 (90 %) in least concern according to IUCN<br />

criteria. 136 When the life forms of plant taxa were analysed, it was determined that<br />

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