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Type: Article
Published: 2016-07-29
Page range: 47–53
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Taxonomic novelties in Erysimum for the Flora of Iran: E. polatschekii, a new alpine endemic, and E. scabrum, a new record

Department of Botany, Research Center for Plant Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O. Box 91779-48974, Mashhad, Iran
Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), P. O. Box 13185-116, Tehran, I ran
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, TR-06800 Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey
Deptartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, P.O. Box 76169-133, Kerman, Iran
Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri, 63166-0299, U.S.A.
Brassicaceae Cruciferae Erysimum novelties Iran Eudicots

Abstract

During the work on herbarium material to prepare a taxonomic revision of Erysimum for the Flora of Iran, we found two interesting species not previously known for the country. Erysimum polatschekii is described as new from the alpine zone of Kerman Province (S Iran). It is closely related to the allopatric E. purpureum and E. pseudopurpureum, from which it differs by having bicolored flowers, clearly 2-lobed stigma, winged seeds, and different fruit indumentum.  Erysimum scabrum, which grows in Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey, is recorded herein as new to the flora of Iran. Detailed descriptions, distribution maps, and illustrations for both species are provided.