Geophyte flora of the Munzur Valley (Tunceli) and its surroundings

This study was conducted to determine the geophyte flora of Munzur Valley which is placed in the province of Tunceli. The research area is placed in B7 square according to Davis’ quadrature system. In this research, field studies carried out between 2012–2013, during the 2-year study period, 700 plant samples were collected. Some additions have been made also in 2014 and 2015. Of all the recognised plants, 112 species, 20 subspecies and 9 varieties belonging to 48 genera and 22 families have been determined by a total of 113 taxa, 14 of which are endemic and 6 rare of them. Gagea chanae Grossh., which were shown as “DD (Data deficient)” category in the Red Data Book of Turkish plants for so many years and no data are available on it, have been rediscovered during this study. Of all the collected specimens, 33 taxa were new records for the province of Tunceli