Reevaluation and whole distribution areas of endemic plants of Kütahya (Turkey) according to new IUCN danger categoriesSpread Areas on Kütahya (Turkey) of Some Endemic Plants and Reevaluation According to New IUCN Danger Categories

• Main Author: Ahmet Tel
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi 2012-04-01
• Series: Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi
• Subjects: Kütahya; endemic plants; distribution; new IUCN
• Online Access: http://ofd.artvin.edu.tr/issue/2264/29837

This study is carried to determine the localities of endemic taxa of Kütahya, in the inner Western part of Anatolia, and later to delineate their spread in other parts of Turkey and to reevaluate IUCN categories in light of these data. According to this, there are 291 endemic taxa and 4 rare taxa belonging to 39 families are determined in the boundaries of Kütahya. Only, 16 taxa were spread on city of Kütahya. 45 taxa were spread on Aegean region; other taxa were spread on outside of Aegean region. Most families contain more taxa are Asteraceae (43 taxa), Fabaceae (35 taxa), Scrophulariaceae (29 taxa), Lamiaceae (27 taxa) and Brassicaceae (18 taxa). The endemic taxa numbers (114 taxa) of endemic taxa on the Murat Mountain (the highest altitude of Kütahya) are more than other localities. The phytogeographic elements of endemic plants of Kütahya are represented as follows: Irano-Turanian 93 taxa, Mediterranean 72 taxa and Europe-Siberian region 10 taxa. The threatened catagories of these endemics taxa were reevaluated and certain danger categories are updated by using literature. According to the new IUCN danger categories as follows; 2 taxa in CR (critically endangered) category, 17 taxa in EN (endangered) category, 30 taxa in VU (vulnerable), 28 taxa in the cd (conservation) sub-category of LR (lower risk), 23 taxa in the nt (near threatened) sub-cetagory of LR, 190 taxa in lc (least concern) sub-category of LR and one takson in DD (data deficient) categories were determined.