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The flora of Turkey consists of more than 11,000 species of plants, as well as a poorly known number of fungi and algae. Around a third of Turkey 's vascular plants are found only in the country. One reason there are so many of these endemics is because Anatolia is both mountainous and quite fragmented.
For the purposes of this category, "Turkey" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. That is, the geographic region is mostly defined by its political boundaries except it excludes the part of Turkey geographically aligned with Southeastern Europe (see Category:Flora of European Turkey ).
Hedge spent seven months collecting in Turkey in 1957 with Peter Davis.Together they gathered more than 6,000 specimens. [1] Then he spent 3 months in Afghanistan with (a Norwegian botanist) Per Wendelbo, [2] they made significant collections to the Garden Herbarium in 1962 in the north and north-east of the country and then he returned in 1969 with Wendelbo and Lars Ekberg.
A Flora is a book or other work which describes the plant species occurring in an area or time period, ... Flora of Turkey; Flora Iranica; Flora Palaestina: M. Zohary ...
The flora of the European part of Turkey is similar to that of adjoining Greece. The ecoregions here include Balkan mixed forests dominated by oaks, [6] and Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests where some of the main species are oaks, strawberry tree, Greek strawberry tree, Spanish broom and laurel. [7]
Digitalis davisiana was first scientifically discovered and collected in 1947 by the British botanist Peter Hadland Davis, who was very active in describing the flora of Turkey, [7] Davis had actually first discovered the species growing on Şandras mountain in Muğla vilayet, Anatolia, in July, [8] but he collected it again a month later in the mountains north-east of the city of Alanya, in ...
Crocus antalyensis is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native to Turkey. [1]The species grows evergreen oak scrub around 1000 meters in altitude: flowering occurs in early spring.
Flora of Turkey (3 C, 495 P) Pages in category "Biota of Turkey" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.