About
This site is an amateur project for the present of plants seen in Kocaeli.
Focus
Description
Scientific description of each species
Traditional
Benefits and harms of each species
Photography
Descriptive photos of each species
Etymology
Etymological origin of each species
Giants of Botany
Theophrastus
(370 - 287 BC)
Dioscorides Pedanius
(40-90)
Avicenna
(980-1037)
al-Baitar
(1197–1248)
1,890+
Species
692+
Genera
69+
Endemic Species
215+
Geophytes
Flora of Kocaeli
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Al-Biruni
(973 - 1050)
Featured Genera
All species
Newest
Crocus keltepensis
Corm ovoid to subglobose, around 1.0–1.5 cm in diameter. Outer tunics membranous to coriaceous, inner tunics softer, neck short 3.0–4.5 mm long; rings with many conspicuous teeth, teeth 0.50–3.25 mm long.
Berteroa physocarpa
Herbs, perennial, moderately pubescent with appressed stellate trichomes. Stems 40–75 cm, ascending, terete, branched at base, leafy, pubescent with 5–7 unequal-rayed stellate trichomes longest rays of which parallel to stem long axis, some appearing as submalpighiaceous.
Aubrieta ekimii
Caespitose herbs forming lax to dense cushions, sparsely pubescent with a mixture of stalked, 2–4-rayed, dendroid and fewer setose simple trichomes.
Crocus sakariensis
The general description is the same as that of subsp. speciosus but with the following characteristics: corm tunics membranous, without basal rings, perianth tube up to 10cm long, perianth segments 30-35mm long, throat deep yellow.
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A plant addict
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The University of Kocaeli
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