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Issue: Vol. 282 No. 2: 27 October 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-10-27
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.282.2.6
Page range: 145–150
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 1

Matthiola shiraziana (Brassicaceae), a new species from Dena region, Iran

Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, U.S.A.
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Department of Botany, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), P. O. Box 13185-116, Tehran, Iran
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Abstract

Matthiola shiraziana, a new species from Iran, is described and illustrated. It is compared with the closely related M. flavida Boiss. and M. ovatifolia (Boiss.) Boiss. A full description and detailed stereomicroscopic micrographs and diagnostic morphological features are provided on the basis of the specimens housed in several Iranian herbaria.