A first inventory of gypsum flora in the Palearctic and Australia
MEDITERRANEAN BOTANY, cilt.39, sa.1, ss.35-49, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 39 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2018
- Doi Numarası: 10.5209/mbot.59428
- Dergi Adı: MEDITERRANEAN BOTANY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.35-49
- Anahtar Kelimeler: edaphism, global check-list, gypsicolous, gypsophile, gypsophyte, gypsophily, GLOBAL CHECKLIST, PLANTS, CONSERVATION, GYPSOPHYTES, DIVERSITY, DOLOMITE, EVAPORITES, ENDEMISM, ECOLOGY, REGION
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Gypseous substrates are well-recognised as supporting distinctive and unique flora assemblages, including numerous gypsum endemic (gypsophile) species. Along with these, others are also frequent although their presence is not restricted to gypsum; they show a clear preference for them (gypsocline). While this phenomenon (gypsophily) has been studied regionally, and various hypotheses put forward to explain it, there has been little global synthesis. We present a preliminary check-list on the gypsophile and gypsocline flora of the Palaearctic and Australian areas as a part of a project to develop a global checklist of the World's gypsophytes, which can broaden our ecological and biogeographical understanding of these unique environments.