A TAXONOMIC REVISION OF THE GENUS MEDICAGO L. (FABACEAE) IN IRAN

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, ShirazUniversity of Medical Sciences, P.G. box 1583, Shiraz 71345, Iran.

2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, isfahanUniversity, isfahan, Iran.

3 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, ShahidBeheshtiUniversity, Iran.

Abstract

Taxonomic aspects of the genusMedicagoL. in Iran werestudied. Among the 2500 herbariumsheets and dried fruit samples of 150 populations, 22 species and subspecieswereidentified. New subsectionAstrocalyxI. Mehregan (from the section SpirocarposSeringe in DC.) and new combination, M. rigidulasubsp. sinskiae(Uljanova) I. Mehregan&M. R. Rahiminejad are introduced. Also, twospecies and one subspecies are mentioned as new records from Iran.

Keywords

Article Title [Persian]

آرایه شناسی جنس یونجه (.Medicago L)

Authors [Persian]

  • ایرج مهرگان 1
  • محمد رضا رحیمی نژاد 2
  • دینا عزیزیان 3
Abstract [Persian]

جنس یونجه (Medicago L.) از نظر آرایه شناسی مورد بررسی قرار گرفت. در بین نمونه‌های مطالعه شده شامل 2500 نمونه هرباریومی و میوه 150 جمعیت تعداد 22 گونه و زیرگونه از ایران تشخیص داده شد. زیر بخش Astrocalyx از بخش Spirocarpos به عنوان زیربخش جدیدی معرفی می‌گردد. ترکیب جدیدی Medicagorigiculasubsp. sinskiae معرفی و 2 گونه و یک زیر گونه برای اولین بار از ایران گزارش می‌شود.

Keywords [Persian]

  • Taxonomy
  • medicago
  • Iran
  • new record
  • new combination

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The Iranian Journal of Botany
Volume 9, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
December 2002
Pages 207-221

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  • Receive Date: 14 December 2015
  • Accept Date: 14 December 2015

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