Introduction to the flora, life form, habitate and plant geographical distribution of Abarkooh Playa(Yazd)
2009
Zarei, Gh., Islamic Azad University, Maybod Branch | Assadi, M., Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran | Maassoumi, A. A., Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran
The Abarkooh Playa with an area of 1590 km² and altitude 1441m, situated in east of Abarkooh city in yazd province. Flora of this region includes 158 plant species (2 gymnosperms, 14 monocots and 142 dicots) that belong to 30 families and 113 genera. The important families are Asteraceae, Chenopodiaceae, Brassicaceae, Fabaceae, Poaceae and Boraginaceae with 27, 24, 21, 14, 10 and 10 species respectively. Life form of the plant species of Abarkooh playa include: therophytes:48.1%, hemicryptophytes:29.7%, chamaephytes:3.8%, phanerophytes:12.7% and cryptophytes:5.7%. From the view point of regional elements plants of this region include: 72% Irano-Turanian, 12% Irano-Turanian and Saharo-Sindian, 5% Irano-Turanian, Saharo-Sindian and Mediterranean, 5% Irano-Turanian and Mediterranean, 0.6% Irano-Turanian, Saharo-Sindian, Mediterranean and Euro-Siberean, 0.6% Irano-Turanian, Mediterranean and Euro-Siberean, , 0.6% Irano-Turanian, Saharo-Sindian and Saharo-Arabian, , 0.6% Irano-Turanian, Mediterranean and Saharo-Arabian, 0.6% Irano-Turanian and Saharo-Arabian, 2.5% Cosmic.
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