The endemic plants in Bartın (Turkey), and their conservation status
Özet
Bartın province located in the Western Black Sea region of Turkey has been
selected as a floristic research unit. Bartın, previously a district of Zonguldak,
has earned a provincial status in 1991. Compared to other provinces of
Turkey, the flora and vegetation studies in Bartın has been started quite late in
detail since the second half of the 1990s. The present study aims to determine
endemic taxa in Bartın province and to evaluate their conservation status on
the basis of IUCN, CITES and BERN criteria. Turkey has numerous laws,
regulations, and programs on biodiversity conservation, but there are many
deficiencies and problems in the implementation of these guidelines. Our
study was the first report on the endemic taxa and their conservation status in
Bartın province of Turkey. We have determined that 36 of Turkey’s endemic
taxa are also found in Bartın’s flora. We state that 3 of Bartın’s endemic plant
taxa are endangered (EN), 2 is critical (CR), 1 is vulnerable (VU), 7 are near
threatened (NT) and the others are least concern (LC) categories.
