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Vascular Plant Species of Hujran Basin-Erbil / Iraq

Year 2016, Volume: 19 Issue: 3, 279 - 295, 29.10.2016

Mustafa Azad Hameed Alper Uzun Jawhar Fattah Saeed

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the flora of Hujran Basin. For this purpose; 950 plant samples from 17 different locations of different fields were collected. . In the study area, 288 plant taxa belonging to 57 families and 200 genera were determined. The largest numbers families were in Fabaceae (38; 13.2%), Asteraceae (37; 12.8%) and Brassicaceae (27; 9.4%), respectively. Overall, 272 plant taxa were categorized according to Raunkiaer life forms. Of these; 143 plant taxa (52.57 %) were determined as Therophyte, 59 species (21.69 %) as Hemicryptophyte, 30 species (11.03 %) as Phanerophyte, 24 species (8.82 %) as Cryptophyte (Cr-He: 1, Cr-Ge: 13) and 16 species (5.88 %) as Chamaephyte.

Key Words: Vascular plants, Hujran Basin, Erbil, Iraq


Erbil (Irak) Hujran Havzasının Vasküler Bitki Türleri

ÖZET: Bu çalışma Hujran Havzasının florasını tespit etmek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Bu amaçla; 17 mevkide arazi çalışmaları yürütülmüş ve yaklaşık 950 bitki örneği toplanmıştır. Sonuç olarak çalışma alanında 57 familya, 200 cinse ait 288 bitki taksonu tespit edilmiştir. En fazla taksona sahip familyalar sırasıyla; Fabaceae (38; %13.2), Asteraceae (37; %12.8) ve Brassicaceae (27; %9.4) olarak belirlenmiştir. 272 bitki taksonu Raunkiaer yaşam formlarına göre gruplandırılmıştır. Bunlardan; 143 bitki taksonu (% 52.57) Therofit, 59 bitki taksonu (% 21.69) Hemikriptofit, 30 bitki taksonu (% 11.03) Fanerofit, 24 bitki taksonu (% 8.82) Kriptofit (Cr-Helofit: 1, Cr-Geofit: 13) ve 16 bitki taksonu (% 5.88) Kamefit grubundadır.

Anahtar kelimeler: Vasküler bitkiler, Hujran havzası, Erbil, Irak

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Year 2016, Volume: 19 Issue: 3, 279 - 295, 29.10.2016

Mustafa Azad Hameed Alper Uzun Jawhar Fattah Saeed

Abstract

References

  • Ahmad, S.A., 2013. Vascular Plants of Hawraman Region in Kurdistan Iraq (Doctoral dissertation, Ph. D. dissertation, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Sulaimani University, Iraq).
  • Al-Rawi, A., 1964. Wild Plants of Iraq with their Distribution. Government Press.
  • Ararat, K., Ahmad, S. A., Hassan, N. 2010. Key Biodiversity Survey of Kurdistan, Northern Iraq. Nature Iraq, Sulaimani.
  • Blamey, M. and Grey-Wilson, C., 2000. Mediterranean Wild Flowers. Harper Collins.
  • Bor, N.L. and Guest, E., 1968. Flora of Iraq, Vol. 9. Ministry of Agriculture, Baghdad.
  • Bridson, D. and Forman, L. 1998. The Herbarium Handbook. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, p. 334
  • Burnie, D., 1995. Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean. London: Dorling Kindersley 320 p.-col. illus. ISBN, 751310115.
  • Davis, P.H., 1965-85. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Vol I-IX., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Ghazanfar, A.A and EDMONDSON, J.R., 2013. Flora of Iraq vol. 5 part 2. Lythraceae to campanulaceae. Ministry of Agriculture Republic of Iraq by Royal Botanic Gardens, KEW.
  • Guest E. and A. Al-Rawi, 1966. Flora of Iraq. Pub. by Ministry of Agriculture of Republic of Iraq. Iraq. Baghdad. Vol. 1.
  • Guner, A., Ozhatay, N., Ekim, T. and Ba! K.H.C. (eds.). 2000. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 11, University press, Edinburgh.
  • Omer, A.A., 2005. An Integrated Structural and Tectonic Study of the BinaBawi-Safin-Bradost Region in Iraqi Kurdistan. Unpublished Ph. D. thesis, Department of Geology, Salahaddin University, Erbil.
  • Rashed, Y. A. 1990. An Ecological and Taxonomical Study of the Distribution of the Vegetation in Hujran Valley-Erbil. Thesis Master submitted of Science, university of salahaddin- Erbil.
  • Rechinger, K.H., 1965-1977. Flora Iranica, Akadedemische Druck- u Verlagsanstalt.
  • Shahbaz, S.E. 2007. Pinales with a Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Spirez press and publisher Duhok.
  • Towsend, C. C., and E. Guest. "1966-1985. Flora of Iraq Vol. 1-8." Baghdad: Ministry of Agriculture, Iraq.
  • URL 1- http://www.kew.org/discover/news/flora-iraq-revival
  • Weinert, E. (1989). The Vegetation Zones of Iraq Bielefelder Okolog. Beitr. 4, 45-57.
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APA Hameed, M. A., Uzun, A., & Saeed, J. F. (2016). Vascular Plant Species of Hujran Basin-Erbil / Iraq. KSÜ Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi, 19(3), 279-295.
AMA Hameed MA, Uzun A, Saeed JF. Vascular Plant Species of Hujran Basin-Erbil / Iraq. KSÜ Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi. October 2016;19(3):279-295.
Chicago Hameed, Mustafa Azad, Alper Uzun, and Jawhar Fattah Saeed. “Vascular Plant Species of Hujran Basin-Erbil / Iraq”. KSÜ Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi 19, no. 3 (October 2016): 279-95.
EndNote Hameed MA, Uzun A, Saeed JF (October 1, 2016) Vascular Plant Species of Hujran Basin-Erbil / Iraq. KSÜ Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi 19 3 279–295.
IEEE M. A. Hameed, A. Uzun, and J. F. Saeed, “Vascular Plant Species of Hujran Basin-Erbil / Iraq”, KSÜ Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 279–295, 2016.
ISNAD Hameed, Mustafa Azad et al. “Vascular Plant Species of Hujran Basin-Erbil / Iraq”. KSÜ Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi 19/3 (October 2016), 279-295.
JAMA Hameed MA, Uzun A, Saeed JF. Vascular Plant Species of Hujran Basin-Erbil / Iraq. KSÜ Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi. 2016;19:279–295.
MLA Hameed, Mustafa Azad et al. “Vascular Plant Species of Hujran Basin-Erbil / Iraq”. KSÜ Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 19, no. 3, 2016, pp. 279-95.
Vancouver Hameed MA, Uzun A, Saeed JF. Vascular Plant Species of Hujran Basin-Erbil / Iraq. KSÜ Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi. 2016;19(3):279-95.