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The aim of the research is to identify different species, risk categories, protection situations and to reveal new record species both for Eskişehir and B3 square which Eskişehir located in. In this poster, it is particularly concentrated on geophytic species in the region among many other plant species of analyses. Actually, 42 geophytic taxa belonging to 10 families and 21 genera are gathered from the investigation area. 1 taxa are new records for B3, 8 taxa are endemic and 3 taxa are rare to Turkey. According to floristic regions, 12 Mediterranean elements are ranked first, followed by 6 Irano-Turanian elements and 2 Euro-Siberian elements. 24 of the identified species are widespread and of unknown phytogeographic origin. In addition, 37 of the collected taxa are determined to be monocotyledons and the remaining 5 are dicotyledons. The families with the most taxa in the research area are: Hyacinthaceae 8 and Iridaceae 7. Concerning the number of species, the major genera in this region are as follows: Crocus L. (6) Allium L. and (5) Gagea Salisb. (4).