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Published: 2016-06-01
Page range: 81–97
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Taxonomic notes on the genus Echinops (Compositae, Cardueae–Echinopsinae) in Iran

Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Isfahan, P.O. Box 73441–81746, Isfahan, Iran
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Isfahan, P.O. Box 73441–81746, Isfahan, Iran
Department of Botany, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, P.O. Box 13185–116, Tehran, Iran
Institut Botànic de Barcelona (CSIC-ICUB), Passeig del Migdia, s.n, 08038 Barcelona, Spain
Asteraceae Echinops Iran taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

A new species, Echinops barezicus is described and compared with its closely related taxa. This species is endemic to the southeast of Iran. Morphological evidence confirms its position in E. sect. Oligolepis. Some new synonymizations are proposed: at sectional level, E. sect. Pleiacme is synonymised into E. sect. Oligolepis, and at species and subspecies level, E. ilicifolius var. glanduliger into E. ilicifolius; and E. lalesarensis var. glanduliger into E. lalesarensis. Echinops erioceras is a synonym of E. elymaiticus, E. cervicornis is a synonym of E. lasiolepis, E. farsicus is a synonym of E. ceratophorus. Echinops ghoranus is excluded from the flora of Iran.