TABLE 3.

Number of species of the plant families that provide floral ingredients.

	Geographical origin
Families	Zhourat	Arab spices	Greece	Turkey	Iran	Species	Samples	Samples/species
Malvaceae Juss.	5	0	6	4	4	13	58	4.5
Asteraceae Bercht. and J.Presl	2	0	11	1	1	12	46	3.8
Lamiaceae Martinov	3	1	10	1	1	12	53	4.4
Fabaceae Lindl.	6	0	1	0	0	6	14	2.3
Rosaceae Juss.	1	2	2	3	2	4	37	9.3
Oleaceae Hoffmanns. and link	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	1.5
Poaceae Barnhart	2	0	0	0	0	2	12	6
Rutaceae Juss.	1	0	1	0	1	2	9	4.5
Adoxaceae E.Mey.	1	0	1	0	0	1	6	6
Boraginaceae Juss.	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	7
Caryophyllaceae Juss.	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1
Iridaceae Juss.	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	6
Lythraceae J.St.-Hil.	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2
Myrtaceae Juss.	1	1	1	1	0	1	10	10
Plantaginaceae Juss.	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

Bold character mark relevant numbers.