Review of samples belonging to some families in herbarium of Ankara Plant Protection Central Research İnstitute

Brassicaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Amaranthaceae, Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Boraginaceae, Lamiaceae and Poaceae families was revised at Herbarium of Ankara Plant Protection Central Research Institute and found out that 705 plant specimens belonging to 182 genera and 393 taxa were deposited. Total 42 species are endemic for Turkey and rate of endemism is %10.66. The first five genera containing the most species are as follows: Astragalus L. (16), Centaurea L. (14), Anthemis L. (14), Salvia L (13), Vicia L. (9), Silene L. (8). The distribution of species belonging to different phytogeographic region are as given below: Irano-Turanian 84 (%21), Mediterranean 51 (%13), Euro-Siberian 28 (%7), the others are wildspread or cosmopolits 230 (%59). Totally 49 taxa are new for the collected squares.