PLANT RECORDS FROM N. KHORASAN. NEW TO IRAN

S. Mobayen & M. Iranshahr

Mobayen, S. & Iranshahr, M. 1984L210: Plant records from N. Khorasan, new to Iran. - Iran.iourn.Bot.2(2): 149- 154.Tehran.

A c anth o c e ph alu s b e nth ami anus ( Co mp o s it ae- L act u c e ae ) and C ep - halorrhizum turcornanicum (Plumbaginaceae) collected by Dr. J. Ghorashi from N. Khorasan are recorded as new to the flora of Iran. Specimens are deposited at the Mashhad herbarium.

Sadegh Mobayen, Iranian Botanical Garden, P.O.Box 13-116, Tehran, Iran. - Musa lranshahr, Herbarium of the Minktry of Agriculture, P.O.Box 3178, Euin, Tehran, Iran.

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By invitation of Mashhad Herbarium, Khorasan: from Kalat towards Soviet University of Mashhad, the authors were frontier, 20.5.1981, j. Ghorashi 375 - G. able to study the plant specimens in The genus Cephalorrhizum descibed by above mentioned Herbarium. The jour- Popov & Korovin in 1923 and in Flora of ney was undertaken on 10 27, June, - the USSR (cf. Linchevskii 1952 P. 405- 1983. Among the plants colleoted by Dr. 408 & 746) is represented by two species: Ghorashi, two species were found which C. oopodum M. Pop.& Korov. from Pam- were previously unknown to Iran. ir-Alai and C. turcomanicum from Ttu.tt.- kmenistan. Two more species have been disco- Acanthocephalus benthamianus Regel & vered and described by Rechinger (cf. Re- Schmalch. (Fig. 1) chinger & Schiman- Czeikal97 4 P. 1 8-20 ), endemic Afghanistan, namely Khorasan: Bojnurd, between Gatlish and both in Ghazi, 1500 m, 2.7. 198L, J. Ghorashi C. pachycormum Rech. f. and C. coe- 1239 - c. Iicolor (Rech. f.) Rech. f. The specimen seen by the authors The genus Acanthocephalus Kat.& Ku. matches to the description and drawing ( Compositae-LactuceaeJ is represented by of C. turcomanicum of Flora of the two following species:,4 .benthamianus F,;e- USSR (Linchevskii L c. ). gel & Schmalh. and A. amplexifolius Kar. C. turcomanicum has been mentioned & Kir. The latter occurs in Afghanistan from Iran by Linchevskii l. c. & 1954 P. and Soviet central Asia, but A. bentha- 25 with a question mark (?) and the au- mianus has a larger distribution area in- thors of Flora Iranica (Rech.f. & Sch- cluding Turkmenistan, central Asia, Af- iman-Czeika L c.) have not seen any sp- ghanistan and Pakistan. ecimen from Iran. This species in Flora of the USSR (Vacilczenko L964 P. 593), Flora Tur- kmenii (Nikitin 1960 P 287) and Flora Acknowledgments Kazakhistana (Goloskokov 1966 P. 419) has been mentioned from Iran, but no The authors wish to express their thanks Iranian specimen has been seen by Rech- to the director and staff of the Mashhad inger (1977 P.297 - 298). Herbarium, University of Mashhad, €sp-. IRAN. JOURN. BOT.2(2), 1984 New records from N. Khorasan 151

Fig. 1. Acanthocephalus benthamianus. - A. Habit. - B. Achene. - C. Capitule. - D. Floret. L52 S. Mobayen & M. Iranshahr IRAN. JOURN. BOT.2(2), L984

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Fig. 2. Cephalorrhizum turcomanicum. IRAN. JOURN. BOT.2(2), 1e84 New records from N. Khorasan 153 ecially to Dr. Rashed and Mr. Rezai for Nikitin V. V., 1960: in V. K. Schis- their invitation and all facilities provided. chkin & V. V. Nikitin (eds.) Flora The drawings lvere made by S. Mobayen. Turkmenii (In Russian) Vol. 7. - As- hkabad. References Rechinger, K. H. L977: Compositae - La- Goloskokov, V.P. 1966: In N. V. Pavlov ctuceae in K. H. Bechinger (ed-) Flora (ed.) Flora Kazakhistana (in Russian), Iranica no.122. - Graz. vol. 9. - Alma-Ata. - & Schiman-Czeika, H. 1974: Plumba- Linchevskii, I. A. 1952: In B.K. Schis- ginaceae in K. H. Rechinger (ed.) Flora chkin & E. G. Bobrov (eds.) Flora of Iranica no. 108. - Graz. the USSR (in Russian) Vol. 18.- Mos- Vacilczenko, L T. 1964: In E. G. Bob- kva & Leningrad. rov & N. N. Tzvelov Flora of the USSR - 1954: In Nikitin (ed.) Flora Turkmenii (in Russian) Vol. 29. - Moskva & (in Russian) vol. 6.- Ashkabad. Leningrad.