Investigation of the Anavarza Castle and nearby surface flora

This study concerned with the flora of Anavarza castle and its surroundingds (Kozan, Adana). 556 plant specimens were collected between 2014 Mart and 2015 May in 15 research trips to study area. 338 taxa belonging of natural plants belonging to 187 genera, and 54 families were determined. The number of endemic species found in the area is 10, which corresponds to 3,4% of the total number of species. The distribution of the phytogeographical elements is as follows: Irano-Turanian 15 (5,2%), Mediterranean 97 (33,5%), Euro-Siberian 6 (2,1%). The remaining 172 taxa (59,2%) could either be found in more than one area, or their phytogeographic area is unknown. 1 taxa belong to Pteridophyta and 289 taxa belong to division Spermatophyta. Gymnospermae has 1 taxa and Angiospermae has 288 taxa. 243 taxa of Angiospermae belong to the subclass Dicotyledonae, wheras remaining 45 taxa belong to the subclass Monocotyledonae. The largest 5 family is Asteraceae with (35 taxa), Poaceae (30 taxa), Fabaceae (29 taxa), Brassicaceae (15 taxa) and Liliaceae (15 taxa . The largest 5 genus is Galium L. with 9 taxa, Trifolium L. (7 taxa), Medicago L. (6 taxa), Silene L. (6 taxa) ve Crepis L. (5 taxa).