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Type: Article
Published: 2012-02-03
Page range: 61–64
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A new species of Leopoldia (Asparagaceae) from Iran

Department of Biology, Mashhad branch, Islamic Azad university, Mashhad, Iran
Monocots Leopoldia tijtijensis Asparagaceae new species Iran

Abstract

Leopoldia tijtijensis Jafari (Asparagaceae) from western of Iran (Kurdistan province) is newly described. It is similar to L. tenuiflora but differs in having dense cylindrical-conical raceme not lax cylindrical, purple-violet fertile flowers not green-brown, purple sterile flowers not pale violet, oblong urceolate fertile flower not tubular urceolate, triangular capsule not ovoid-cordate.