The Anatolian expeditions of Turhan Baytop (1920-2002) and his plant collection
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- Osmanlı Bilimi Araştırmaları
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Prof.Dr. Turhan Baytop
(1920-2002
) graduated from the School of Pharmacy of Istanbul University. He chose to stay at the University as an assistant in the Department of Pharmacognosy, where eventually he was to become the director. Prof. T. Baytop concentrated his research on the Turkish flora, especially on the geophytes, and the medicinal, poisonous and other indigenous plants, their vernacular names and uses. He travelled widely in Turkey, and his expeditions proved immensely rewarding. His findings were published in a series of volumes (Baytop 1984, 1997, 1999, 2000). Turhan Baytop's plant collection which counts 10750 specimens, with geophytes numbering 2200, is currently housed in the Herbarium of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Istanbul University (ISTE). He also has specimens in other herbaria: E, EGE, G, K, ISTF, Hb.Hub.-Mor. Flora of Turkey (1965-2001) cites 950 of his specimens, including 32 types. Most of these types were collected from West, East, Central and Southern Anatolia, except two which were collected from Istanbul and Thrace. He is the type collector of an old garden rose of E. Anatolia, named Rosa 'Professor Turhan Baytop'. Five internationally recognized taxa, that were new to Turkey entered in the Flora of Turkey thanks to T. Baytop's specimens. He cultivated the bulbs he gathered during his travels in his own garden, and his personal herbarium comprised, at its full extent, more than 500 species, of which 266 belonged to bulbous plants (Baytop 2003). Prof. T. Baytop was also interested in wild animals, and wrote two articles on the Panthera species of Anatolia (Baytop, 1973, 1974).
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Abstract (Original Language):
Prof.Turhan Baytop (1920-2002),
Ýstanbu
l Üniversitesi Týp Fakültesi Eczacý Okulu mezunudur. Meslek konularý ile yakýndan ilgilenmiþ olmakla beraber, eczacýlýk yapmamýþ, Üniversite'de kalmýþ, Farmakognozi dalýnda ilerlemiþtir. Araþtýrmalarýný Türkiye florasý ve baþlýca jeofitleri, týbbi ve zehirli bitkiler, faydalý olanlar, bitkilerin yerli adlarý ve kullanýlýþlarý konularýnda yapmýþ, bu nedenle Anadolu'da çok gezmiþtir. Gezileri çok verimli olmuþ, araþtýrma sonuçlarýný kitaplar halinde yayýmlamýþtýr (Baytop, 1984, 1997, 1999, 2001). Bitki koleksiyonu, Ýstanbul Üniversitesi Eczacýlýk Fakültesi Herbaryumu'nda (ISTE) saklýdýr. Burada 10750 örneði vardýr. Jeofit örneklerinin sayýsý 2200 kadardýr. Flora of Turkeyde 950 örneði kayýtlýdýr. Biri Ýstanbul'dan, bir diðeri Trakya'dan ve geri kalaný Batý, Doðu, Orta ve Güney Anadolu'dan toplanmýþ 32 tipörneðin toplayýcýsýdýr. Bundan baþka, Doðu Anadolu bahçelerinden topladýðý bir eski bahçe gülüne onun adý verilmiþtir (Tan et Zielinski 2010). 5 takson, bilim için yeni olmamakla beraber, yalnýzca onun toplamalarý sayesinde, Flora of Turkey de yer almýþtýr. ISTE dýþýnda, E, EGE, G, K, ISTF ve Hb.Hub.-Mor.'da da örnekleri vardýr. Gezilerde topladýðý bitkilerle, bahçesinde canlý bir bitki koleksiyonu oluþturmuþtur. Bugün gerilemiþ durumda olan bu bahçe, en verimli zamanýnda 266'sý jeofit olmak üzere 500'den fazla bitki türü barýndýrmýþtýr (Baytop 2003). Av hayvanlarý ile de ilgilenmiþ ve Anadolu'nun iki Panthera türü hakkýnda iki makale yayýmlamýþtýr (Baytop 1973, 1974).
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