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The Anatolian Diagonal: fact or fiction?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

T. Ekim  and
A. Güner
T. Ekim
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Ankara University, Beşevler, Ankara, Turkey
A. Güner
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Haceteppe University, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey
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Synopsis

An analysis of the 8 published volumes of the Flora of Turkey was made in order to determine if there was a factual basis for the concept of an Anatolian Diagonal affecting plant distribution in Turkey. The data accumulated indicated that a substantial number of species (c. 2600) have distributions associated with the Diagonal this total accounts for c. 32% of the number of species in the 8 volumes: 5% are ± restricted to the Diagonal; 14% are absent from the W of it and 13% from the E. Some suggestions are made for the reasons for this floral break.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 89: Plant Life of South-West Asia , 1986 , pp. 69 - 77
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1986

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