Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Life form and geographical distribution of plants in Posthband region, Khonj, Fars Province, Iran

  • Research Paper
  • Published:
Journal of Forestry Research Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

A study was conducted to identify plant species, diversity, life form and relevant species to Mediterranean climate, Irano-Torunian and Sahara-Sindian in Postband region (N 27°58′4″–28°2′16″, E 53°17′34″−53°22′30″). In total, 95 species belonging to 29 families and 69 genera of flora were surveyed and identified from December 2006 to June 2008. Composite and Gramineae were important families in terms of species frequency. According to Raunkiaer’s system and using \( \hat \chi \) 2 tests, the life-form spectrum showed that therophytes accounted for 47% of all species, and hemicryptophytes for 31%, phanerophytes for 12%, chamaeophyte for 7%, and cryptophytes for 3%. In geographical distribution, 29% species with the most frequency belonged to Irano-Torunian region. Results show that therophytes were more than normal spectrum and phaneropytes were less than normal spectrum, which was in agreement with data obtained in arid climate.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Akbarinia A, Jamzad Z, Khosravy A. 1994. An Ecogeographical Study of the Genus Hordeum. Tehran: Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands Press, p181.

    Google Scholar 

  • Alaie E, Ghahreman A. 2001. Notes on the Distribution, Climate and Flora of the Oil Field Areas, South-West of Iran. Iranian Int. J. Sci., 2(1): 15–32.

    Google Scholar 

  • Assadi M, Rune Mark H. 1983. Notes on flora and vegetation of S. Baluchestan, Iran. Iranian Journal of Botany, 2: 69–78.

    Google Scholar 

  • Assareh MH. 2008. Biological characteristics of Christian Thorn Trees in Iran and description of other Ziziphus species. Iran: Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, p. 571.

    Google Scholar 

  • Attar F, Hamzehee B, Ghahreman A. 2004. A contribution to the flora of Qeshm Island, Iran. The Iranian Journal of Botany, 10(2): 199–218.

    Google Scholar 

  • Beaman JH, Andresen JW. 1966. The vegetation, floristics and phytogeographical of the summit of Cerro Potosi, Mexico. The American Midland Naturalist, 75(1): 1–33.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Begon M, Harper JL, Townsend CR. 1996. Ecology: individuals, populations and communities. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, p. 1068.

    Google Scholar 

  • Box EU. 1981. Macroclimate and plant forms: an introduction to predictive modeling in phytogeographical. Junk Publ. La Haya, Tasks for Vegetation Science, 1: 1–258.

    Google Scholar 

  • Buell MF, Wilbur RL. 1948. Life form spectra of the hardwood forests of the Itasca Park region, Minnesota. Ecology, 29(3): 352–359.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cain SA. 1950. Life-forms and phytoclimate. The Botanical Review, 16(1): 1–32.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cain SA, Castro GMO, Pires JM, Silva NT. 1956. Application of some phytosociological techniques to Brazilian rain forests. American Journal of Botany, 43: 911–941.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Carvalho da Costa R, Soares de Araújo F, Wilson Lima-Verde L. 2007. Flora and life-form spectrum in an area of deciduous thorn woodland (caatinga) in northeastern, Brazil. Journal of Arid Environments, 68(2): 237–247.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Christodoulakis D. 1996. The flora of Ikaria (Greece, E. Aegean Islands). Phyton, 36(1): 63–91.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cole MM, Brown RC. 1976. The vegetation of the Ghanzi area of Western Botswana. Journal of Biogeographical, 3: 169–196.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Crosswhite F, Crosswhite C. 1984. A classification of life forms of the Sonoran desert with emphasis on seed plants and their survival strategies. Desert Plants, 5: 131–161.

    Google Scholar 

  • Dimopoulus P, Georgiadis T. 1992. Floristic and phytogeographical analysis of Mount Killini (NE Peloponnisos, Greece). Phyton, 32: 283–305.

    Google Scholar 

  • Djavanshir K. 1999. Vegetation of bashagerd. Tehran: Tehran University Publications, p364.

    Google Scholar 

  • Djavanshir K. 1976. Atlas of woody plants of Iran. Tehran: The national society for the conservation of natural resources and human environment Publications, p163.

    Google Scholar 

  • Duckworth JC, Kent M, Ramsay PM. 2000. Plant functional types: an alternative to taxonomic plant community description in biogeographical?. Progress in Physical Geographical, 24(4): 515–542.

    Google Scholar 

  • El-Demerdash MA, Hegazy AK, Zilay AM. 1994. Distribution of the plant communities in Tihamah coastal plains of Jazan region, Saudi Arabia. Plant Ecology, 112(2): 141–151.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • El-Ghani MMA. 1998. Environmental correlates of species distribution in arid desert ecosystems of eastern Egypt. Journal of Arid Environments, 38: 297–313.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gao X, Chen L. 1998. The revision of plant life form system and an analysis of the life form spectrum of forest plants in the warm temperate zone of China. Acta Botanica Sinica, 40(6): 553–559.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ghahraman A. 1975–2005. Colored Flora of Iran. Tehran: Research Institute of Forests and Langelands Press, 1–26.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ghahraman A. 1990. Plant Systematic, Cormophytes of Iran. Vol. 1. Iran: Iran University Press, p. 350.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kashipazha AM, Asri Y, Moradi HM. 2004. Introduction to the flora forms and chorology of Baghshad Region, Iran. Pajouhesh & Sazandegi, 63: 95–103.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kovács-Lang E, Kroel-Dulay G, Kertesz M, Fekete G, Bartha S, Mika J, Dobi-Wantuch I, Rédei T, Rajkai K, Hahn I. 2000. Changes in composition of sand grasslands along a gradient in Hungary and implications for climate change. Phytocoenologia, 30: 385–407.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kunkel G. 1977. The vegetation of Hormoz, Qeshm and neighboring islands (Persian Gulf area). Flora et Vegetation Mundi, 6: p186.

    Google Scholar 

  • Leonard J. 1989. Contribution a l’étude de la flore et de la végétation des déserts d’Iran (Considerations phytogeographiques sur les phytochories irano-touranienne, saharo-sendienne et de la Somalie-Masain phytochoria), Vol. 9, Translated by: M. Ghorbanli, (in Persian), Tehran: Research Institute of Forests and Langelands Press, p129.

    Google Scholar 

  • Maassoumi AA. 1995. The Genus Astragalus in Iran. Vol. 3. Tehran: Tehran University Publication, p. 502.

    Google Scholar 

  • Marvi Mohadger MR. 2005. Silviculture. Tehran: Tehran University Press, p. 387.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mehrabian AR, Naqinezhad AR, Mostafavi H, Kiabi B, Abdoli A. 2008. Contribution to the Flora and Habitats of Mond Protected Area (Bushehr Province). Journal of invironmental Studies (scientific Report serios of the Environment), 34(46): 1–18.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mera G, Hagen MA, Orellana JA. 1999. Aerophyte, a new life form in Raunkiaer’s classification? Journal of Vegetation Science, 10(1): 65–68.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mobayen S. 1980–1996. Flora of Iran, Vascular Plants. Vol. 2–4. Tehran: Tehran University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mobayen S. 1991. Phytogeographical. Tehran: Tehran University Press, p. 271.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mossadegh A. 2005. Silviculture. Tehran: Tehran University Press, p. 481.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mueller-Dombois D, Ellenberg H. 1974. Aims and methods of vegetation ecology. New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc., p. 547.

    Google Scholar 

  • Nagafi Shabankare K, Jalili A, Khorasani N, Jamzad Z, Asri Y. 2004. Flora, life form and chorotypes of plants in the Genu Protected area, Hormozgan province (Iran). Pajouhesh & Sazandegi, 18(4): 50–62.

    Google Scholar 

  • Nasir ES, Ali I, Qaiser M. 1970–2001. Flora of west Pakistan. Vols: B. C. C. & T. Karachy: University of Karachy Press, pp. 1–206.

    Google Scholar 

  • Qadir SA, Shevty OA. 1986. Life form and leaf size spectra and phytosociology of some Lybian plant communities. Pak. J. Bot., 18: 271–286.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ramak Maassoumi AA. 1986. Astragalus L.. Vol. 1, annuals. Tehran: Research Institute of Forests and Langelands Press, p. 106.

    Google Scholar 

  • Raunkiaer C. 1934. The life forms of plants and statistical geographical. Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 632.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rechinger KH. 1961–2001. Flora Iranica. Vols: 1–171. Graz Austria: Akademische Druck-U. verlagsanstait.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sabeti H. 2002. Forests, Trees and Shurbs of Iran. (3rd Edn.). Yazd: Iran University of Science and Technology Press, p. 808.

    Google Scholar 

  • Shankar U, Tripathi RS, Pandey HN. 1991. Structure and seasonal dynamics of humid tropical grasslands in Meghalaya, India. Journal of Vegetation Science, 2(5): 711–714.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Soltani Poor MA. 2006. Introduction to the flora, life form and chorology of Hormoz Island plants, S. Iran. Rostaniha (Botanical Journal of Iran), 7(1): 19–34.

    Google Scholar 

  • Stalter R, Kincaid DT, Lamont EE. 1991. Life forms of the flora at Hampstead Plains, New York, and a comparison with four other sites. Bullerian of the Torrey Botanical Club, 118(2): 191–194.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Termeh F, Moussavi M. 1982. Plants of Kish island, Iran. Willdenowia, 12: 253–286.

    Google Scholar 

  • Thakhtajan A. 1986. Floristic regions of the world. California: University of California Press, LTD, p. 552.

    Google Scholar 

  • Van Rooyen MW, Theron GK, Grobbelaar N. 1990. Life forms and spectra of flora of Namaqualand, South Africa. Journal of Arid Environments, 19(2): 133–145.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zohary M. 1963. On the geobotanical structure of Iran. Jerusalem: Weizmann Science Press of Israel, p. 113.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zohary M. 1973. Geobotanical foundation of the middle east. (2 vols). Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer, p. 739.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Forestry, University of Tehran, P. O. Box 31585-3314, karaj, Iran

    Gholamhosein Moradi, Mohammad Reza Marvie Mohadjer, Ghavamodin Zahedi Amiri, Anoushirvan Shirvany & Nosratollah Zargham

Authors
  1. Gholamhosein Moradi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Mohammad Reza Marvie Mohadjer
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Ghavamodin Zahedi Amiri
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Anoushirvan Shirvany
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Nosratollah Zargham
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Gholamhosein Moradi.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Moradi, G., Mohadjer, M.R.M., Amiri, G.Z. et al. Life form and geographical distribution of plants in Posthband region, Khonj, Fars Province, Iran. Journal of Forestry Research 21, 201–206 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-010-0033-z

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-010-0033-z

Keywords

Search

Navigation