The flora of sultan kayalik village -kubeys mountain (kovancilar /Elaziğ)

This research was carried out to determine the flora of Sultan Kubeys Mountain, Kayalık village of Kovancılar district of Elâzığ province. Between 2023 and 2024 years, 680 plant specimens were collected from the field. 443 species and subspecies taxa were detected belong to 60 families, 230 genera. 1 species belongs to the Pteridophyta division, 442 belongs to the Spermatophyta division, one of them belong to the Gymnospermae subdivision, and 44 of them belong to the Angiospermae subdivision. While 64 of the taxa belonging to the Angiospermae subdivision, Monocotylodonae class, the remaining 376 taxa belongs to the Dicotyilodonae class. As a result of the study, 51 endemic taxa were determined and the endemism rate was determined as 11.51%. The IUCN threat categories of the endemic taxa are following: 23 taxa of least concern (LC), 4 taxa near threatened (NT), 4 taxa vulnerable (VU), 9 taxa endangered (EN), 7 taxa critically endangered (CR) and 4 taxa were found to be data insufficient (DD). Distribution of taxa, according to phytogeographic regions: Irano-Turanian elements 171 (38.60%), Euro-Siberian elements 16 (3.38%), Mediterranean elements 15 (3.38%), and those with multi-regional or unknown phytogeographic region 242 (54.62%) has been identified. According to the taxon numbers, the first 10 families in the area are; Asteraceae 83(18.73%), Fabaceae 36(8.12%), Brassicaceae 34(7.67%), Lamiaceae 34(7.67%), Boraginaceae 22(4.96%), Apiaceae 18(4.06%), Caryophyllaceae 17(3.84%), Rosaceae 15(%3.38), Liliaceae 15(3.38%), and Amaryllidaceae 14(3.16%). The top 10 genera containing many taxa are; Allium (14), Astragalus (14), Centaurea (12), Linum (7), Trifolium (6), Achillea (6), Ornithogalum (5), Onosma (5), Aethionema (5) and Iris (5). In addition, two new species, which we named Allium kubeysdaghense Balos&Sonay (Sonay, Gül, Balos ve Bağcı, 2024) and Allium elazigense Sonay, Gül & Bağcı (Sonay, Gül ve Bağcı, 2024), were found in our study area and added to the flora of Turkey. Keywords: Elâzığ, Kayalık village, Sultan Kubeys Mountain, flora, endemism