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

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Research Institute of Forests & Rangelands, P. O. Box 13185-116, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension(AREEO) Tehran, Iran.

2 Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Centre of Kermanshah Province.

Abstract

In a revision of the genus Lotus L. in Iran, the specimens of several herbaria were studied, moreover, the studies were completed in the field. Based on the studies, an identification key to the Iranian species and their selected specimens was prepared. According to the results of this study eight species within the Iranian materials of Lotus were recognized. Also the following changes were applied: two varieties of L. corniculatus L. (var. corniculatus and var. tenuifolius L.) were accepted; L. krylovii Schischk. & Serg. and L. tenuis Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd. as synonyms to L. corniculatus L. var. tenuifolius L.; three varieties including L. corniculatus L. subsp. corniculatus var. kochii Chrtkova-Zertova, var. hirsutus W. D. J. Koch and var. brachyodon Boiss. as synonyms of L. corniculatus L. var. corniculatus L.; L. michauxianus Ser. as synonym to L. gebelia Vent. Furthermore, no infraspecific taxa were recognized for L. gebelia Vent.

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Article Title [Persian]

بررسی تاکسونومی جنس Lotus در ایران

Authors [Persian]

  • نسترن جلیلیان 1
  • مصطفی نعمتی پیکانی 2
  • مصطفی اسدی 1
1 استاد یار پژوهش، مرکز تحقیقات و آموزش کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی کرمانشاه
2 مربی پژوهش، مرکز تحقیقات و آموزش کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی کرمانشاه
Abstract [Persian]

جهت بررسی تاکسونومی جنس Lotus در ایران نمونه‏ های گیاهی هرباریوم‏های مختلف ایران مورد مطالعه قرار گرفت و جهت تکمیل مطالعات به رویشگاههای آنها مراجعه گردید. کلید شناسایی گونه‏ ها به همراه مشخصات نمونه‏های انتخاب شده از هر تاکسون ارایه گردید. بر اساس نتایج 8 گونه از جنس Lotus در ایران شناسایی گردید و همچنین تغییرات زیر اعمال گردید: دو واریته­ی var. corniculatus و var. tenuifolius L. از گونه L. L. corniculatus پذیرفته شد؛ گونه‌های L. tenuis Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd. و L. krylovii Schischk. & Serg. مترادف گونه L. corniculatus var. tenuifolius L. قرار گرفتند؛ واریته‌های L. corniculatus L. subsp. corniculatus var. hirsutus W. D., var. kochii Chrtkova- Zertova; J. Koch وvar. brachyodon Boiss. مترادف با L. corniculatus L. var. corniculatus قرار گرفتند؛ گونه L. michauxianus Ser. مترادف با L. gebelia Vent. قرار گرفت. همچنین گونهL. gebelia Vent. بدون هرگونه واحد تحت گونه­ای پذیرفته شد.

Keywords [Persian]

  • Lotus
  • Loteae
  • Fabaceae
  • Taxonomy
  • Iran

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The Iranian Journal of Botany
Volume 22, Issue 1
August 2016
Pages 16-20

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  • Receive Date: 27 October 2015
  • Revise Date: 28 January 2016
  • Accept Date: 29 April 2016

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