Some Endemic Plant Taxa Growing in Çüngüş District of Diyarbakır Province of Turkey

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This research was conducted in 2021 and 2022 in four different sections of the Savucak Mountain pasture in the Çüngüş district of Diyarbakır province. It was determined that the majority of the 12 endemic taxa belonging to 7 families, all of which are considered invasive taxa in terms of pasture, belonged to the Astracea family, followed by plant taxa from the Boraginaceae, Araceae, Brassicaceae, Lamiaceae, Liliaceae, and Plantaginaceae families, respectively. The botanical composition of endemic plant taxa such as Gundelia cappadocica, Helichrysum arenarium subsp. aucheri, Linaria genistifolia subsp. praealta, Phlomis linearis, Tanacetum cadmeum subsp. orientale, Tanacetum densum subsp. cadmeum, and Tulipa sintenisii, identified in the study, was determined to vary between 0.16% and 15.26% in the northern, southern, eastern, and western sections of the pasture. The endemic taxa identified in this study have been noted in numerous researches as important species due to their use in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and dye industries. Therefore, it is considered essential to preserve these plant taxa both in their natural habitats (in situ) and outside their natural habitats (in gene banks) to ensure their survival.