Abstract
Nepeta iraqo-iranica, a new species is described and illustrated from NE of Iraq, Sulaimaniya Province, and W of Iran, Kurdistan Province, NW of Bâne. A table of morphological comparison and detailed discussion with morphologically close species is given. The species is considered Critically Endangered (CR) according to IUCN criteria.
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Harley, R.M.A., Atkins, S., Budantsev, A., Cantino, P.D., Conn, B.J., Grayer, R., Harley, M.M., de Kok, R., Krestovskaja, T., Morales, R.,Paton, A.J., Ryding, O. & Upson, T. (2004) Labiatae. In: Kadereit, J.W. (Ed.) The families and genera of vascular plants 7. Springer, Berlin, pp. 167–275. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18617-2_11
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Jamzad, Z. (1998) A new species of Nepeta L. (Labiatae) from Iran. The Iranian Journal of Botany 7 (2): 249–253.
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Jamzad, Z. (2006) A new species and a new record from Iran. The Iranian Journal of Botany 11 (2): 143–148.
Jamzad, Z. (2009) Notes on the genus Nepeta L. (Lamiaceae-Nepetoideae). The Iranian Journal of Botany15 (2): 141–145.
Jamzad, Z. & Assadi, M. (1984) New species of the genera Nepeta and Ajuga (Labiatae) from Iran. The Iranian Journal of Botany 2 (2): 95–102.
Jamzad, Z., Ingrouille, M. & Simmonds, M. (2003a) Three new species of Nepeta (Lamiaceae) from Iran. Taxon 52: 93–98. https://doi.org/10.2307/3647304
Jamzad, Z., Chase, M., Ingrouille, M., Simmonds, M. & Jalili, A. (2003b) Phylogenetic relationships among Nepeta L. (Lamiaceae) species and related genera based on sequence data from internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Taxon 52: 21–32. https://doi.org/10.2307/3647435
Jamzad, Z. (2012) Nepeta. In: Assadi, M., Maassoumi, A.A. & Mozaffarian, V. (Eds.) Flora of Iran, vol. 76. Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands Press, Tehran, pp. 454–609. [in Persian]
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Noroozi, J. & Ajani, Y. (2013) A new alpine species of Nepeta sect. Capituliflorae (Labiatae) from Northwestern Iran. Novon 22: 297–303. https://doi.org/10.3417/2012022
Rechinger, K.H. (1982) Nepeta. In: Rechinger, K.H. (Ed.) Flora Iranica, vol. 150. Akademische Druck-und Verlagsanstalt, Graz, pp. 108–216.
Saberamoli, S., Balali, G.H., Asri, Y. & Afsharzadeh, S. (2019) Nepeta azadkouhensis (Lamiaceae), a new alpine-subnival species from the Central Alborz of Iran. Phytotaxa 395 (2): 129–133. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.395.2.6
Thiers, B. (2019 [continuously updated]) Index Herbariorum: A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. Available from: http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/ (accessed 6 March 2019)