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The region surrounding the city of Kars, in Northeastern Anatolia, benefits from a rich abundance of diverse flora. Since 2007, Anatolia Foundation led an effort to identify and catalog this precious resource, organizing comparative plant studies with local and international botanists for study, inventory and data recording. Field trips were organized with experts and botanical students to environmentally sensitive areas near our project villages. Thousands of wild plants were gathered during these outings and 500 taxon were botanically identified, pressed and classified in a new research herbarium initiated by Anatolia Foundation in cooperation with the local Universitiy. The collection includes endemic species such as Onosma nigricaule, Anemona Albana, Lathyrus karsianus, and Rosa pisiforme.The identification of these plants has added more than fifteen new plant families to Kars region's known botanical inventory.
   
Prof. Dr. Neriman Ozhatay, a foremost Turkish botanist and Head of Istanbul University Botanical Department led the study. Dr. Fatma Gunes from the local Kafkas University coordinated the field trips with her Graduate students. Dr. Vinod Kumar, an Ayurvedic Doctor from Kerala, India, was invited to join the study, to add his expert knowledge for developing self-help products for local people with local plants.
SAMPLES OF PLANTS
IDENTIFIED BY THE ANATOLIA FOUNDATION TEAM
LIST OF PLANTS IDENTIFIED DURING THE STUDY
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CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Arenaria blepharophylla var. parviflora
Cerastium dichotomum ssp. dichotomum
Cerastium pungens
Cerastium purpurescens
Dianthus carmelitarum
Dianthus calocephalus
Dianthus cretaceus
Dianthus crinitus
Dianthus orientalis
Dianthus zonatus
Dianthus zonatus var. aristatus
Dianthus zonatus var zonatus
Gysophila elegans
Gysophila silenoides
Lepyrodiclis halosteoides
Minuartia umbellifera var. umbellifera
Minuartia verna
Moenchia mantica ssp. mantica
Silene alba
Silene alba ssp. eriocalycina
Silene dichotoma
Silene dichotoma ssp. sibthorpiana
Silene saxatilis
Silene spergulifolia
Silene vulgaris var. vulgaris
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CRUCIFERAE
Aethionema arabicum
Alyssum minus var. minus
Alyssum repens var. trichostachyum
Alyssum tortuosum
Barbarea ninor var. minor
Barbarea vulgaris
Camelina rumelica
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Cardaria draba
Crambe orientalis
Cardamine uliginosa
Draba nemorosa
Descurainia sophia
Erysimum passgalanse
Hesperis bicuspidata
Hesperis persica
Isatis glauca
Lepidium perfoliatum
Lepidium vesicarium
Nasturtium officinale
Sinapis arvensis
Sisymbrium loeselli
Thlaspi arvense
Turritus glabra
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COMPOSITAE
Achillea biebersteinii
Achillea millefolium subsp. millefolium
Anthemis cotula
Anthemis cretica
Anthemis tinctoria var. pallida
Artemisia absinthium
Artemisia chamaemellifolia
Aster amellus subsp. ibericus
Centaurea cheiranthifolia var. cheiranthifolia
Centaurea depressa
Centaurea macrocephala
Centaurea pterocaula
Centaurea pulcherrima var. pulcherrima
Centaurea rhizocalathium
Centaurea stevenii
Centaurea triumfettii
Cirsium arvense subsp. vestitum
Erigeron caucasicus susp. caucasicus
Hieracium umbellatum
Jurinea consanguinea
Leontodon hispidus var. hispidus
Leucanthemum vulgare
Pulicaria dysenterica
Scorzonera suberosa subsp. suberosa
Serratula radiata subsp. biebersteiniana
Sonchus palustris
Tanacetum balsamita subsp. balsamitoides
Tanacetum chiliophyllum var. chiliophyllum
Tanacetum punctatum
Taraxacum bessarabicum subsp. bessarabicum
Taraxacum macrolepium
Tenacetum abrotanifolium
Tragopogon aureus
Tripleurospermum microcephalum
Tripleurospermum monticolum
Xeranthum annum
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UMBELLIFERAE
Anthriscus sylvestris
Astrodaucus orientalis
Chaerophyllum astrantiae
Chaerophyllum bulbosum
Chamaesciadium acaule
Chaerophyllum crinitum
Heracleum trachyloma
Malabaila dasyantha
Pimpinella affinis
Scandix iberica
 
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