A first inventory of gypsum flora in the Palearctic and Australia

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Perez-Garcia F. J., Akhani H., Parsons R. F., Silcock J. L., KURT L., Oezdeniz E., ...Daha Fazla

MEDITERRANEAN BOTANY, cilt.39, sa.1, ss.35-49, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • 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
  • 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.