Tanacetum joharchii sp. nov. (Asteraceae–Anthemideae) from Iran, and its taxonomic position based on molecular data

Tanacetum joharchii Sonboli & Kazempour Osaloo sp. nov. (Asteraceae–Anthemideae) is described and illustrated from the Khorasan province, northeast Iran. Tanacetum joharchii is a suffruticulose species from rocky limestone mountains in Hezarmasjed and Binalud (Khorasan province) at altitudes of 1900–2500 m a.s.l. The diagnostic morphological characteristics that distinguish it from the allied species T. kotschyi are presented. In addition, a distribution map of T. joharchii and the related species is given. In order to provide some hypothesis on its phylogenetic position, a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on nrDNA ITS sequence data of 14 representatives of the genus Tanacetum was performed.