Saturday, September 30, 2023

[Botany • 2022] Acantholimon assadii (Plumbaginaceae) • A New Species from Flora of Iran

 

Acantholimon assadii 

in Bordbar et Mirtadzadini, 2022. 
 
Abstract
A new species, Acantholimon assadii from mountainous slopes of N of Kerman, Zarend, Kerman Province, south-east of Iran is here described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically distinguished from the other species of Acantholimon sect. Acantholimon by short spike-like inflorescence, length and width of bract and bracteoles, shape of bract and bracteoles, color of calyx and corolla.

Keywords: Acantholimon sect. Acantholimon, Irano-Turanian region, endemism,  mountain flora, Eudicots

 Acantholimon assadii from its type locality.
A) Habit and habitat; B) close-up view of spikelets.


Firouzeh Bordbar and Mansour Mirtadzadini. 2022. Acantholimon assadii (Plumbaginaceae), A New Species from Flora of Iran. Phytotaxa. 574(1); 99-104. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.574.1.7