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Issue: Vol. 693 No. 1: 11 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.3
Page range: 55-66
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Leutea kurdistanica is a new synonym of Sclerochorton haussknechtii (Apiaceae), a new member of the Cachrys clade

Botany Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), 13185-116, Tehran, Iran
Department of Higher Plants, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1–12 Leninskie Gory, 119234, Moscow, Russia
Apiaceae Cachrys clade Iran Leutea nrDNA Sclerochorton Eudicots

Abstract

During the phylogenetic study of the genus Leutea (Apiaceae) in Iran, one of the recently introduced species from Kurdistan Province, namely L. kurdistanica, was found to be phylogenetically distant from the other related species and was nested within the Cachrys clade. Comparisons of morphological features and molecular phylogenetic analysis showed its relationship with the genus Sclerochorton containing the only species S. haussknechtii. Leutea kurdistanica differs from the other Leutea species by numerous stems, conical stylopodium, reflexed styles, corolla colour, number of matured fruits per umbellet etc. It also poses the same set of morphological features as S. haussknechtii and the identical sequences of nrITS, therefore we synonymize it under Sclerochorton haussknechtii, the new member of the Cachrys clade.

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How to Cite

Panahi, M. & Lyskov, D. (2025) Leutea kurdistanica is a new synonym of Sclerochorton haussknechtii (Apiaceae), a new member of the Cachrys clade. Phytotaxa 693 (1): 55–66. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.1.3