A study of the flora of Riseh and Paqale area Shahrebabak of Kerman, Iran

In this project, the wild plants of Riseh-Paqale area which is located about 60 km in northeast of Shahrebabak and 300 Km in west of Kerman city were identified. Total area is about 40000 hectars and with average altitude about 2300 meters from the sea level. This mountainous and arid area belongs to Irano-Turanian region. More than 1000 specimens were collected and indentified from the area. According to this study, 205 plant species which belonged to 41 families and 151 genera were identified. 37 families, 132 genera and 182 species belonged to dicotyledons and 4 families, 19 genera and 23 species belonged to monocotyledons. The biggest family was Asteraceae with 33 species and the biggest genus was Astragalus with 16 species. Meanwhile, there were 9 rare species, 33 endemic species and 13 monospeciefic genera in the studied area. Phytogeographically, 54% of the studied plant species belonged to Irano-Turanian region. Biological types of this area included: hemicryptophytes 45.5%, therophytes 34.5%, chamaephytes 9.5%, geophytes 5.5% and phanerophytes 5%.