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GEOPHYTES OF YAZILIKAYA (HAN-ESK��EHI�R)
Burçin ÇINGAY 1 , Ebru ATA�LAR 2 , Onur KOYUNCU 2
1 Nezahat Gökyi�it Botanik Bahçesi, 34740, �stanbul-Turkey, cingayburcin@gmail.com)
2 University of Eski�ehir Osmangazi, Faculty of Science and Literature, Department of Biology,26480, Eski�ehir-
Turkey, eataslar@ogu.edu.tr, okoyuncu@ogu.edu.tr
This research has been carried out between March 2009 and January 2010 to examine the
floristic structure of the Ancient Midas City, known as Yaz�l�kaya, located in B3 of the
Davis’s grid system concerning Turkey. The name Yaz�l�kaya (Turkish for “inscribed rock”)
comes from the Phrygian ancient monument, entitled Midas Monument. Yaz�l�kaya village,
which is 80 km far from Eski�ehir, located on “Phrygian Plateau” that is a square shaped area
bordered by Eski�ehir district on the North, Kütahya on the West, Afyonkarahisar on the
South, and Seyitgazi on the Northeast. There are plenty of ancient Phrygian remains and
monuments near the village. The research area, which is located in a zone between steps and
forest, has remarkable soil structure and plateau characteristics.
The aim of the research is to identify different species, risk categories, protection situations
and to reveal new record species both for Eski�ehir and B3 square which Eski�ehir located in.
In this poster, it is particularly concentrated on geophytic species in the region among many
other plant species of analyses. Actually, 42 geophytic taxa belonging to 10 families and 21
genera are gathered from the investigation area. 1 taxa are new records for B3, 8 taxa are
endemic and 3 taxa are rare to Turkey. According to floristic regions, 12 Mediterranean
elements are ranked first, followed by 6 Irano-Turanian elements and 2 Euro-Siberian
elements. 24 of the identified species are widespread and of unknown phytogeographic origin.
In addition, 37 of the collected taxa are determined to be monocotyledons and the remaining 5
are dicotyledons. The families with the most taxa in the research area are Hyacinthaceae 8 and
Iridaceae 7. Concerning the number of species, the major genera in this region are as follows:
Crocus (6) Allium and (5) Gagea (4).
Keywords: Geophyte, Flora, Yaz�l�kaya, Eski�ehir, Turkey.
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