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Type: Article
Published: 2018-01-19
Page range: 225–232
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The genus Spryginia (Brassicaceae) in Iran and Afghanistan

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran Department of Biology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
Department of Botany, Research Center for Plant Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
Department of Botany, Research Center for Plant Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
Department of Botany, Research Center for Plant Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
Department of Biodiversity and Plant Systematics, Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 345, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany South-Siberian Botanical Garden, Altai State University, Lenin str. 61, 656049 Barnaul, Russia
Cruciferae Euclidieae Irano-Turanian Region Spryginia afghanica S. winkleri Eudicots

Abstract

The oligotypic Irano-Turanian mustard genus Spryginia (Brassicaceae, Euclidieae) is revised in Iran and Afghanistan. Species composition and distribution within the region are clarified. Unlike previously believed, the genus includes two (not one) species in the studied area. Both S. afghanica and S. winkleri are distributed in Afghanistan while only the latter species occurs in Iran representing the first record of the genus for the country. Updated morphological descriptions, data on type specimens, ecology, phenology, and distribution map of both species within the studied area are provided. Spryginia winkleri is illustrated based on Iranian material. A modified generic key is also presented.