Amberboa maroofii (Asteraceae, Cardueae–Centaureinae), a new species from Kurdistan, Iran

Kazem Negaresh

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.195.2.6

Issue: Vol. 195 No. 2: 23 January 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-01-23

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.195.2.6

Page range: 171–177

Abstract views: 15

PDF downloaded: 1

Amberboa maroofii (Asteraceae, Cardueae–Centaureinae), a new species from Kurdistan, Iran

Kazem Negaresh⁺⁻

Department of Biology, Masjed-Soleiman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Masjed-Soleiman, Iran

chromosome counts Compositae Kurdistan taxonomy

Requires Subscription or Fee PDF/A (1.87 MB)

Abstract

Amberboa maroofii is described and illustrated as a new species from Kurdistan Province, W Iran. It is a diploid species (2n = 2x = 32) and morphologically most similar to A. glauca. The new species is also compared with A. moschata, A. sosnovskyi and A. zanjanica. Its distribution range covers a small area; it grows on clay at elevations of 1400–1800 m.