Türler ve Habitatlar (2023) 4(1): 13–28 e-ISSN: 2717-770X https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/turvehab Suggested Citation: Yüceol, F. & Göktürk, R.S. (2023). The Vascular Plants Diversity of the Batı Akdeniz Agricultural Research Institute Aksu Campus. Türler ve Habitatlar 4(1): 13–28. Research Article https://doi.org/10.53803/turvehab.1274779 The Vascular Plants Diversity of the Batı Akdeniz Agricultural Research Institute Aksu Campus Fulya Yüceol 1,* , Ramazan Süleyman Göktürk 2 1 South-West Anatolia Forest Research Institute, TR-07110, Antalya, Türkiye 2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Akdeniz University, TR-07070, Antalya, Türkiye * Correspondence: Fulya Yüceol, yucelfly@gmail.com Received: 31.03.2023 Accepted: 16.05.2023 Published Online: 15.06.2023 Abstract This floristic research was carried out to determine the floristic composition of the Batı Akdeniz Agricultural Research Institute campus located in Aksu district of Antalya (Türkiye). As a result of the field studies, total 225 plant taxa belonging to 61 families and 182 genera, of which 32 are cultivars, were identified. Only one endemic species was documented in the present study. The families which have the largest number of taxa in the research area are Fabaceae 31 (13.8%), Asteraceae 26 (11.6%), and Poaceae 18 (8.0%). In terms of phytogeographic region, taxa with Mediterranean (25.5%) and multi-regional elements or phytogeographically unknown (72.6%) are abundant. The biological spectrum of the flora according to Raunkiaer life forms shows that Theropyhtes (49.8%) are predominant. Keywords: Flora, life form, Batı Akdeniz Agricultural Research Institute, Antalya, Aksu Batı Akdeniz Tarımsal Araştırma Enstitüsü Aksu Yerleşkesinin Damarlı Bitkileri Özet Bu floristik araştırma, Antalya (Türkiye) Aksu ilçesinde bulunan Batı Akdeniz Tarımsal Araştırma Enstitüsü’ne ait yerleşkenin floristik kompozisyonunu tespit etmek amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Arazi çalışmaları sonucunda 32’si kültür bitkisi olan, 61 familya ve 182 cinse ait toplam 225 bitki taksonu tespit edilmiştir. Tespit edilen taksonlardan sadece bir tanesi endemiktir. Araştırma alanında en fazla taksona sahip familyalar Fabaceae 31 (%13.8), Asteraceae 26 (%11.6) ve Poaceae 18 (%8.0)'dir. Fitocoğrafik bölge açısından, Akdeniz (%25.4) ve çok bölgeli veya fitocoğrafik bölgesi bilinmeyen (%72.6) taksonlar sayıca çoktur. Raunkiaer yaşam formlarına göre floranın biyolojik spektrumu, terofitlerin (%49.8) baskın olduğunu göstermektedir . Anahtar kelimeler: Flora, hayat formu, Batı Akdeniz Tarımsal Araştırma Enstitüsü, Antalya, Aksu INTRODUCTION Batı Akdeniz Agricultural Research Institute is a public agricultural research institution located in the Antalya province of Türkiye. It operates under the General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies within the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Türkiye. The institute was formed by the merger of five research institutions (the Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, the Biological Control Research Institute, the Citrus Research Institute, the Greenhouse Research Institute, and the Regional Cotton Research Institute) in Antalya that worked on different topics related to plant production at different times between 1933 and