Three new species of Echinops (Compositae, Cynareae) from Iran |
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| Authors: | V MOZAFFARIAN A GHAHREMAN |
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| Institution: | ;Department of Botany, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, PO Box 13185-116, Tehran, Iran ;Central Herbarium of Tehran University, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, PO Box 1454-19395, Tehran, Iran |
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| Abstract: | As a result of extensive collections and subsequent determinations made in recent years through most regions of Iran (now preserved in herbarium TARI), three new species of Echinops ( E. longipenicillatus, E. procerus and E. shahrudensis ) are described and illustrated. All belong to E . sect. Oligolepis Bunge, which is endemic to Iran. © 2002 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2002, 140 , 181–186. |
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| Keywords: | distribution – endemics – sect Oligolepis– taxonomy |
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