Evaluation of unidentified specimens belonging to the familyfabaceae in Harran University herbarium

Tspecimens previously collected by various researchers by pasting them on herbarium boards and labeling them with location information. 1223 plant specimens belonging to the Fabaceae family were examined at the Harran University Herbarium. Using the Flora of Turkey as a resource, unidentified plant specimens were identified. Specimens not pasted on herbarium boards and lacking location information were also addressed. From the examination of these 1223 plant specimens, 29 genera and 195 taxa belonging to these genera were identified. The most abundant genera in the Harran University Herbarium were identified, and the phytogeographic distribution and endemic threat categories of the taxa found within the genera were determined. In the HARRAN Herbarium, the genera containing the most taxa of 29 genera in the family Fabaceae were determined to be; Astragalus (49), Medicago (32), Trigonella (26), Trifolium (21) and Vicia (17), respectively. When these taxa were evaluated phytogeographically, the phytogeographic regions containing the most taxa were determined to be Irano-Turanian element (74), Mediterranean element (47),European Siberia (4) and the phytogeographic region was determined to be multi-regional/unknown taxa number (68). 34 taxa out of 195 taxa were determined to be endemic. When the threat categories of the taxa identified in the study are examined, it is determined that they are in the category of 5 (NT), 1 (CD), 10 (LC), 6 (CR), 5 (VU), 3 (EN) and 4 (NE).