Flora of Kubbe Mountain (Kale/Malatya)

In this study, the species of vascular plant in Kubbe Mountain (Kale/MALATYA) located in the province of Malatya was investigated between April 2016 to July 2017. In this research area, 1.093 plant specimens were collected. At the end of the study have 720 species, belonging to 316 genera and 76 families were determined. In addition 24 taxon under species level were identified, of which 19 from subspecies, 5 from varieties. The number of taxa in the study area reached to 744 with the species and under species level taxa. Among these species, one species belongs to divisio Pteridophyta, 719 species belong to divisio Spermatophyta. Subdivision Gymnospermae has 3 species, Subdivision Angiospermae has 716 species. 627 Angiosperm species are belonged to Dicotyledonae, 89 Angiosperm species are belonged to the Monocotyledonae. According to the phytogeogreplic regions the number and the ratio of taxa are: 471 taxa (% 65.62) are cosmopolition or unknown, 180 taxa (% 25) Iran-Turan elements are 24 taxa (% 3.33) Euro-Sibirian are 45 taxa (% 6.25) and Mediterranean elements are 45 taxa (% 6.25). The five largest families according to the number of species were determined as; Asteraceae (86 species; 11.94 %), Brassicaceae (68 species; 9.44 %), Fabaceae (50 species; 6.94 %), Lamiaceae (49 species; 6.80 %) and Boraginacea (47 species; 6.52 %), respectively. The five largest genera according to the number of species were determined as Astragalus (18 species; 2.50 %), Alyssum (16 species; 2.23 %), Euphorbia (14 species; 1.95 %), Allium (13 species; 1.81 %) and Onosma (11 species; 1.53 %), respectively. In our research area, 87 of the 720 species was determined as endemic. Endemism ratio of taxa in, in the study area occured 12.10 %. The first three families they contain the most endemic taxon and their ratio are Asteraceae (13 taxa; 25.03 %), Caryophyllaceae (7 taxa; 8.04 %) and Apiaceae (6 taxa; 6.89 %). KEYWORDS: Flora, Kale, Kubbe Mountain, Malatya, Systematic