Willdenowia 34
Willdenowia – Annals of the Botanic Garden and
Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
ISSN 0511-9618
© 2004 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem.
Eren, Ö., Gökçeoglu, M. & Parolly, G. 2004:
The flora and vegetation of Bakirli Dagi (Western Taurus
Mts, Turkey), including annotations on critical taxa of the Taurus range.
Willdenowia 34: 463-503.
doi:10.3372/wi.34.34212
Abstract
A monograph of Bakirli Dagi, the northern summit range of the
eastern Beydaglari in the Western Taurus Mts, Turkey, is given. It
includes an annotated floristic catalogue of 539 taxa and a survey
of the high mountain vegetation. For eight taxa considerable
distribution range extensions are reported. Seventeen taxa are new
records for the Flora of Turkey grid C3. Distribution maps are
presented for Helichrysum plicatum subsp. isauricum
and Poa akmanii. Minuartia dianthifolia s.l. is
revised; its subsp. cataonica and subsp. kurdica are
sunk in synonymy of the 'type' subspecies. Two taxa, M.
dianthifolia var. longipetala and M. ×antalyensis
are described as new to science. The diagnosis of the recently
described Arabis lycia is amended for carpological characters. The
flora in general is characterised as rich in endemics (28.2 %) of
chiefly E Mediterranean (montane) origin and enhanced proportions of
E Mediterranean and Irano-Anatolian chorotypes as mono– or
biregionals, reflecting the position of the study area at the
coastal face of the Taurus, which is situated at the intersection of
Mediterranean and Irano-Turanian territories. In spite of increasing
human impact by skiing and cattle-breeding, the zonation of the
subalpine vegetation belts remained chiefly intact, whereas the
oreal forests have been largely replaced by xerophytic secondary
dwarf shrub communities. A total of 13 asylvatic plant communities
(in phytosociological terms) are distinguished in altitudes between
1800-2547 m, each briefly treated in site-ecological and
symmorphological respects and classified syntaxonomically. Due to a
taxonomically necessary correction, the combination Aethionemo
lycii-Laserpitietum petrophili subass. arabidetosum lyciae
is made. A vegetation profile of Bakirli Dagi has been established,
showing additionally the distribution of the different chorotypes
within the communities along an altitudinal transect.
