The urban flora of Aydin

This study was carried out to determine Urban Flora of Aydın. The research area is located in C1 square acording to Davis?s grid system. Among the 698 plant specimens Feb. 2011 and Sept. 2013, 457 taxa, belonging to 86 families and 313 genera were identified. Out of the detected 457 taxa, two taxon belongs to Pteridophyta and the rest 455 taxa belong to the Magnoliophyta. Within the Magnoliophyta five taxa belong to the Pinophytina subdivision while the other 449 taxa belong to the Magnoliophytina. As a result of this study, four endemic species namely Allium proponticum subsp. proponticum, Scrophularia floribunda, Onopordum boissierianum and Ranunculus isthmicus subsp. tenuifolius were recorded in research area. Phytogeografical distributions of taxa are as follow: Mediterranean 198 (% 43.32), Euro-Siberian 34 (% 8.09), Irano-Turanian 13 (% 2.84), East Mediterranean 58 (% 12.69), pluriregional or unknown 154 (% 33.06). Analysis of the recorded taxa based on life forms of Raunkiaer showed that therophytes 224 (% 48.97) are the most common life form in research area. Hemicryptophytes 107 (% 23.41), geophytes 42 (% 9.19), chamaephytes 16 (% 3.50) and parasites 3 (% 0.65) follow the therophytes respectively. Allowing for the comparison, the results of other studies which close to the research area are presented, as well.