The Vascular Plants Diversity of the Batı Akdeniz Agricultural Research Institute Aksu Campus

Abstract

This floristic research was carried out to determine the floristic composition of the Batı Akdeniz Agricultural Research Institute campus located in Aksu district of Antalya (Türkiye). As a result of the field studies, total 225 plant taxa belonging to 61 families and 182 genera, of which 32 are cultivars, were identified. Only one endemic species was documented in the present study. The families which have the largest number of taxa in the research area are Fabaceae 31 (13.8%), Asteraceae 26 (11.6%), and Poaceae 18 (8.0%). In terms of phytogeographic region, taxa with Mediterranean (25.5%) and multi-regional elements or phytogeographically unknown (72.6%) are abundant. The biological spectrum of the flora according to Raunkiaer life forms shows that Theropyhtes (49.8%) are predominant.