%0 Journal Article %T IMPORTANT NOTES ON ASTRAGALUS SUBGENUS TRAGACANTHA BUNGE IN IRAN %J The Iranian Journal of Botany %I Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands %Z 1029-788X %A Maassoumi, Ali Asghar %D 2000 %\ 07/22/2000 %V 8 %N 2 %P 309-326 %! IMPORTANT NOTES ON ASTRAGALUS SUBGENUS TRAGACANTHA BUNGE IN IRAN %K Astragalus %K subgenus Tragacantha %K Iran %K new species %K new records %R %X Based on 3000 herbarium specimens a taxonomic study of Astragalus subgenus Tagacantha has been done. In this research 10 new taxa including: A. glaucopsiformis, A. jamzadae, A. khatamsazae, A. membranostipulus, A. montosus, A. neo-mozaffarianii, A. passargadensis, A. peymanii, A. polystachys, A. sumarensis are described as new from Iran. Moreover due to the intensive collection from all Iranian territory, particulary in western border of the country 6 new records including:A. karabaghensis Bunge, A. vedicus Takht., A. yueksekovae Matthews, A. gummifer Labill., A. turkmenorum (Boriss.) Boriss. and A. zoharyi Eig with the short notes are presented from Iran. Uncertain position of the few taxa are discussed.   %U https://ijb.areeo.ac.ir/article_103455_34b38e42949c531ab8fd87768d12a1a4.pdf