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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<p>Jamzad, Z. (1992) Two new species from Labiatae in Iran. <em>The Iranian Journal of Botany</em> 5 (2): 69–74.</p>
<p>Jamzad, Z. (1998) A new species of <em>Nepeta </em>L. (Labiatae) from Iran. <em>The Iranian Journal of Botany </em>7 (2): 249–253.</p>
<p>Jamzad, Z. (1999) Two new species of <em>Nepeta </em>L. (Labiatae) from Iran. <em>The Iranian Journal of Botany </em>8 (1): 43–48.</p>
<p>Jamzad, Z. (2006) A new species and a new record from Iran. <em>The Iranian Journal of Botany </em>11 (2): 143–148.</p>
<p>Jamzad, Z. (2009) Notes on the genus <em>Nepeta </em>L. (Lamiaceae-Nepetoideae). <em>The Iranian Journal of Botany</em>15 (2): 141–145.</p>
<p>Jamzad, Z. & Assadi, M. (1984) New species of the genera <em>Nepeta </em>and <em>Ajuga </em>(Labiatae) from Iran. <em>The Iranian Journal of Botany</em> 2 (2): 95–102.</p>
<p>Jamzad, Z., Ingrouille, M. & Simmonds, M. (2003a) Three new species of <em>Nepeta </em>(Lamiaceae) from Iran. <em>Taxon </em>52: 93–98. https://doi.org/10.2307/3647304</p>
<p>Jamzad, Z., Chase, M., Ingrouille, M., Simmonds, M. & Jalili, A. (2003b) Phylogenetic relationships among <em>Nepeta </em>L. (Lamiaceae) species and related genera based on sequence data from internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA. <em>Taxon </em>52: 21–32. https://doi.org/10.2307/3647435</p>
<p>Jamzad, Z. (2012) <em>Nepeta. In</em>: Assadi, M., Maassoumi, A.A. & Mozaffarian, V. (Eds.) <em>Flora of Iran</em>, vol. 76<em>. </em>Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands Press, Tehran, pp. 454–609. [in Persian]</p>
<p>Linnaeus, C. (1753) <em>Species plantarum</em>. L. Salvius, Holmia [Stockholm], 1200 pp.</p>
<p>Noroozi, J. & Ajani, Y. (2013) A new alpine species of <em>Nepeta </em>sect. <em>Capituliflorae </em>(Labiatae) from Northwestern Iran. <em>Novon </em>22: 297–303. https://doi.org/10.3417/2012022</p>
<p>Rechinger, K.H. (1982) <em>Nepeta</em>. <em>In</em>: Rechinger, K.H. (Ed.) <em>Flora Iranica</em>, vol. 150<em>. </em>Akademische Druck-und Verlagsanstalt, Graz, pp. 108–216.</p>
<p>Saberamoli, S., Balali, G.H., Asri, Y. & Afsharzadeh, S. (2019) <em>Nepeta azadkouhensis</em> (Lamiaceae), a new alpine-subnival species from the Central Alborz of Iran. <em>Phytotaxa</em> 395 (2): 129–133. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.395.2.6</p>
<p>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)</p>