Ethnobotanical characteristics of some natural plant taxa that spread in Çeltikçi (Burdur) district ; Burdur, Turkey

The term ethnobotanical in the world was first used in 1895 by a professor of biology, John W. Harshberger, simply described as "the use of plants by the local people". In Turkey, it is known that the first studies on ethnobotany are on medicinal plants. 765 Ethnobotanical studies conducted in our country in the 70-year period starting from the Letter Revolution (1928) until 1997 were determined in Narin Sadıkoğlu's thesis named "Archive of Turkish. Ethnobotanical Research in the Republican Period" and in an archive, in the Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul University, presented to interested researchers. Turkey has a large variety of plants due to the different climate and geological characteristics. At the same time, Turkey has hosted many civilizations. Turkey's people are known as a rich, traditional, botanical treasure of knowledge. Numerous ethnobotanical studies are carried out in our country in order to transfer this information to future generations. Sadıkoğlu, between the years 1928-1997, compiled ethnobotanical studies carried out in Turkey and Turkey has made a great contribution to ethnobotany list. The geographical structure of Çeltikçi district, where the study is conducted, is 867 m above sea level and its surface area is 247 km. Because the district is in the south west of our country, it has a typical transition climate since it is under the influence of both Mediterranean and continental climate. The climate is typical Mediterranean one; hot and dry in summers and warm and rainy in winters. In this thesis, it is aimed to determine the ethnobotanical characteristics of some natural plant taxa that show natural distribution in Çeltikçi district. For this purpose, questionnaires with 17 questions were prepared and surveys were conducted with the local people in 6 villages in the district. As a result of the interviews, 29 taxa belonging to 15 families used were determined in the region. Of these taxa, 15 are used for food, 14 for medical, 2 for animal feed, 2 for ornamental plant and 1 for some beliefs.