Journals / Biological Diversity and Conservation / 2016 / Cilt: 9 - Sayı: 2
The moss flora of Arapgir (Malatya/Turkey) district
- Pages
- 102–107
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Abstract
In this study, the moss flora of the Arapgir District (Malatya) was investigated between April and October 2015. In total 45 taxa, belonging to 11 families and 25 genera were determined by identifying moss specimens collecting the study area. At the same time all the taxa are new records from Malatya province according to the gridsquare system of Henderson (1961) six taxa are new records for B9 grid square. While the largest families in terms of number of taxa are Pottiaceae (14), Brachytheciaceae (11), Orthotrichaceae and Bryaceae (4), the largest genera are Syntrichia (5), Orthotrichum and Tortula (4). Also, the life forms of the taxa which were examined in terms of ecological and floristic have been analyzed. From life forms; while Turf life form ranks the first, Mr life form ranks the second. Finally, the most taxa within the floristic list in terms of some ecological characteristics are xerophyt, photophyt and subneutrophyt
Özet
In this study, the moss flora of the Arapgir District (Malatya) was investigated between April and October 2015. In total 45 taxa, belonging to 11 families and 25 genera were determined by identifying moss specimens collecting the study area. At the same time all the taxa are new records from Malatya province according to the gridsquare system of Henderson (1961) six taxa are new records for B9 grid square. While the largest families in terms of number of taxa are Pottiaceae (14), Brachytheciaceae (11), Orthotrichaceae and Bryaceae (4), the largest genera are Syntrichia (5), Orthotrichum and Tortula (4). Also, the life forms of the taxa which were examined in terms of ecological and floristic have been analyzed. From life forms; while Turf life form ranks the first, Mr life form ranks the second. Finally, the most taxa within the floristic list in terms of some ecological characteristics are xerophyt, photophyt and subneutrophyt