Abstract
The aim of this study, was carried out to re-evaluate the Fabaceae family collection in Harran University Herbarium (HARRAN) and to determine the number of taxa. As a result of the examination of 975 specimens belonging to Fabaceae family in HARRAN Herbarium, 200 taxa belonging to 25 genera were determined. 33 of these taxa are endemic to Turkey. Fabaceae family found in HARRAN Herbarium, in terms of taxon richness are Astragalus L. (48), Medicago L. (37), Trifolium L. (25), Trigonella L. (22) and Vicia L. (20). The distribution of taxa belonging to Fabaceae family according to phytogeographic regions in herbarium is Irano-Turanian 47%, Mediterranean 32.5%, Euro-Siberia 2.5% and those with unknown phytogeographic region are 18%. As a result of this study, it is determined that some of the taxa belong to genus Alhagi, Astragalus, Hedysarum, Onobrychis, Scorpiurus and Trigonella fall into synonym and valid names are given in this study.
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