ADDITIONS TO ASTRAGALUS SECT. HYMENOSTEGIS (FABACEAE) IN IRAN

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 MSc Student / Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tarbiat Moallem University, 49 Dr. Mofatteh Avenue, 15614 Tehran, Iran

2 Professor / Department of Botany, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, P. O. Box: 13185-116, Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor / Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tarbiat Moallem University, 49 Dr. Mofatteh Avenue, 15614 Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Four new species of the genus Astragalus L. sect. Hymenostegis Bunge are described from NW Iran, prov. Zanjan: A. austromahneshanensis, A. qeydarnabiensis,A. subkohrudicus, and A. subrecognitus. They are compared with their closest relatives. Furthermore, A. sosnowskyi Grossh. is recorded for the first time from Iran and A. velenovskyi Nábělek is excluded from the list of Iranian species of Astragalus. Based on these new findings, the number of species attributed to sect. Hymenostegis reaches to 57, with an endemism rate of about 75% in Iran. So, Iran, especially the NW of the country, is the main diversity center of this section.

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Article Title [Persian]

یافته‌های تکمیلی از جنس گون بخش Hymenostegis (باقلائیان) در ایران

Authors [Persian]

  • علی باقری 1
  • علی اصغر معصومی 2
  • فرخ قهرمانی نژاد 3
1 علی باقری / دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد گروه زیست شناسی دانشگاه تربیت معلم
2 استاد پژوهش / مؤسسه تحقیقات جنگلها و مراتع کشور
3 دانشیار / گروه زیست شناسی دانشگاه تربیت معلم
Abstract [Persian]

چهار گونه جدید از بخش Hymenostegis از شمال غربی ایران، استان زنجان به نام‌ های:A. austromahneshanensis, A. queydarnabiyensis, A. subkohrudicus, A. subrecognitus  شرح داده و معرفی می­شوند. این گونه­های جدید با خویشاوندان خود مقایسه شده­اند. گونهAstragalus sosnowskyi Grossh. برای اولین بار از ایران گزارش می­گردد و وجود A. velenovski Nábělek در ایران تایید نمی­شود. بر پایه مطالعه حاضر 75% گونه­های این بخش به صورت انحصاری در ایران می رو یند و بنابراین ایران مرکز اصلی تنوع گونه­ای آن ایران، به ویژه شمال غربی کشور است.

Keywords [Persian]

  • Taxonomy
  • Fabaceae
  • Astragalus
  • sect. Hymenostegis
  • new species
  • new recod
  • Iran
  • prov. Zanjan

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  • Receive Date: 10 February 2011
  • Revise Date: 20 January 2011
  • Accept Date: 02 March 2011

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