Five new species of Astragalus sect. Malacothrix (Fabaceae) from Iran

Maassoumi, A.A.; Amini Rad, M.; Bagheri, A.; Maroofi, H.; Joharchi, M.R.; Ghahremaninejad, F.

doi:10.22092/botany.2013.101305

Five new species of Astragalus sect. Malacothrix (Fabaceae) from Iran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Prof., Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, P.O. Box 13185-116, Tehran, Iran (maassoumi@yahoo.com)

² Research Instructor, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, P.O. Box 19395-1454, Tehran, Iran

³ PhD Student, Department of Biology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

⁴ Researcher, Research Center of Agricultural and Natural Resources of Kurdistan, P.O. Box 66169-36311, Sanandaj, Iran

⁵ Researcher, Research Center for Plant Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

⁶ Associate Prof., Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

10.22092/botany.2013.101305

Abstract

Five new Astragalus species from section Malacothrix Bunge, namely, A. musaianus Maassoumi & Joharchi sp. nov., A. neo-iranshahrii Maassoumi & Amini Rad sp. nov., A. pseudocomosus Maassoumi, F. Ghahrem. & Bagheri sp. nov., A. subaspadanus Maassoumi, F. Ghahrem. & Bagheri sp. nov. and A. takabensis Maasoumi & Maroofi are described and illustrated. These are endemic from different parts of Iran. New species are compared with their nearest relatives.

Keywords

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