The flora of Kibris river wildlife development area (Kas/Antalya)

In this study, the flora of Kıbrıs River Wildlife Development Area (Kaş/ Antalya) was investigated. Kıbrıs River is located in Kaş, Antalya. Aproximately 1500 plant samples were collected in this region between June 2015 and September 2017. As a result of the study, among this plant samples 276 genera and 515 species belonging to 73 different families were identified. Number of total species and subspecies taxa was found to be 538. 4 of the 73 families belong to the Pteridophyta division. The remaining 69 families belong to the Magnoliophyta division. 4 of the 538 analyzed taxa belong to the Pteridophyta division and the remaining 534 belong to the Magnoliophyta division. The Pinophytina (Gymnosperms) sub-division which belongs to the division Magnoliophyta contains 5 taxa while the Magnoliophytina (Angiosperms) sub-division contains 528 taxa. 466 taxa from the Magnoliophytina sub-division belong to the Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons/dicotyle's) class and 63 taxa to the Liliopsida (Monocots/monocots) class. Families that contain the most taxa, in decreasing order, are Fabaceae (68), Asteraceae (57), Lamiaceae (45), Brassicaceae (38), Caryophyllaceae (29), Apiaceae (23), Poaceae (22), Rosaceae (17), Boraginaceae (16) and Plantaginaceae (13). Genera that contain the most taxa, in decreasing order, are Silene (13), Alyssum (9), Hypericum (9), Trifolium (9), Astragalus (8), Medicago (8), Veronica (8), Vicia (8), Galium (7) and Lathyrus (7). The number of endemic taxa in the region is 59 (10.96%). The identified taxa are distributed into the phytogeographic regions as follows: 197 (36.62%) Mediterranean, 25 (4.64%) Irano-Turanian and 12 (2.23%) Euro-Siberian. The phytogeographic regions of the remaining 304 (56.5%) taxa were either unknown or multi-regional. The Fabaceae (68 taxa) was the largest family and the Silene (13 taxa) was the biggest genus in the region studied.