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Anatolia and environs, 5-Trifolio anatolici-
Polygonetalia arenastri Quézel 1973: Hygrophytic
to mesophytic vegetation of dolines,
snow-patch and the melt water communities
of the Taurus range and the greater Lebanon
(Parolly 2004), and 6-Festuco oreophilae-Veronicetalia
orientalis Hamzaoğlu 2006: Extends
Figure 6 – Areal of alliances and associations on Karacadağ.
to the mountains which form the Anatolian
Diagonal in the west, East Black Sea Mountains
in the north and Southeast Taurus
Mountains (Toroslar in Turkish) in the south
(Hamzaoğlu 2006).
Steppe vegetation in the study area was evaluated
in Astragalo erythrotaeni-Gundelion
armatae all. nov. and Taneceto orientali-Astragalion
gummiferi all. nov. and these alliances
that belongs to the class Astragalo microcephali-
Brometea tomentelli Quézel 1973. However, the
new syntaxa in the study area could not be
evaluated in any orders in this class.
e region that includes the study area is the
least interested region with regard to phytosociology.
erefore, the opportunity to
compare the syntaxa identified in this study
and to evaluate them in detail is very limited.
Unfortunately, there have been only two phytosociological
studies (Tel 2001; Kaya et al.
2009) done in Southeastern Anatolia region
until today. erefore, remain insufficient to
explain the phytosociological situation of the
study area. e syntaxa that their existing situations
were presented in this study will be a
resource for the studies which will be conducted
later. In conclusion, two new alliances
and five associations which belong to steppe
vegetation were identified in the study area.
As a result, according to the Sørensen similarity
index, the associations identified in the
study area are less than 50% regarding to the
floristic similarity. erefore, all of these syntaxa
are new for the science (Figure 6). ese
associations and their upper syntaxonomic
units are as below:
Steppe vegetation
Class: Astragalo microcephali-Brometea
tomentelli Quézel 1973
Alliance: Astragalo erythrotaeni-Gundelion
armatae all. nov.
Association: Scrophulario armenae-Astragaletum
akardaghici ass. nov.
Association: Astragalo erythrotaeni-Gundelietum
armatae ass. nov.
Alliance: Taneceto orientali-Astragalion gummiferi
all. nov.
Association: Symphyto aintabici-Phlometum
kurdicae ass. nov.
Association: Taneceto orientali-Astragaletum
gummiferi ass. nov.
Association: ymo glabrescenti-Phlometum
armeniacae ass. nov.
ecologia mediterranea – Vol. 36 (1) – 2010