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Issue: Vol. 217 No. 2: 23 June 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-06-23
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.217.2.7
Page range: 173–181
Abstract views: 14
PDF downloaded: 1

Taxonomic notes on the Cephalaria sect. Atrocephalae (Caprifoliaceae) from Iran

Department of Biology, Herbarium division, Bu-Ali Sina University, P.O. Box 65175/4161, Hamedan, Iran
Department of Biology, Herbarium division, Bu-Ali Sina University, P.O. Box 65175/4161, Hamedan, Iran
Cephalaria Khorasan new species taxonomy Eudicots Iran

Abstract

Cephalaria bojnordensis (Caprifoliaceae) is described and illustrated as a new species from Khorasan Province, north-east Iran. The characters that distinguish this new species from C. microcephala and C. isurica are provided along with a key to the Iranian species in Cephalaria sect. Atrocephalae. In addition, a lectotype is designated for C. microcephala.