NEW SPECIES AND NEW PLANT RECORDS FROM IRAN

V. Mozaffarian

Mozaffarian, V.1988 . 12 . 31:New species and new plant records from Iran. --Iran. Journ. Bot.4 (1):61- 70.Tehran.

J u r ine a c ar t ilagine a, P oly go nu m b o tulifo rme, T au e rnie ri a e chin at a and Verbascum scoparium are described as nely species. Atnberboa lippii, Cadaba fainosa, Chenopodium ambrosoides, Crepis aspera, I;agonia glutinosa vax. glutinosa, Lomatogonium carinthiacum, Mcdicago intertexta var.' ciliaris, Medicago rugosa, Omphalodes luciliae subsp. kurclica,' Putoria calabrica, Rhyncosia minima, Rumex pictus, Scilla antumnalis and Scutellaria ariana are reported as new records to the flora of Iran. 6 | ,,,r

V. Mozaffarian, Research Institute of l:orests and Rangelands, P.a.Box 13185 - 116, Tehran,Iran.

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:irl"f l+ \J? "16Lf u rin e a c ar t ilagin e a, Po Iy nu b J go tn o t uli fo rm e, T au e rni er ia e ch inat a, Verbascum scoparium, ul--l;l tL.oJ:l el>t.a).slo-.f cxl.x or)tr, . r-.t'ts. orlr ci r is.rtigL . r,o;5.,.;rl;5 Arnberboa lippii, Cadaba farinosa, Chenopodium ambrosoides, Crepis cLspera, I;agonia glutinosa var. glutinosa, Lomatogonium carinthiacEm, Medicago intertexta var. ciliaris, Medicago rugosa, Omphalodes luciliae subsp. kurdica, Putoria calabrica, Rhyncosia minima, Rumex pictus, Scilla autumnalis, Scutellaria ariana. 62 V. Mozaffarian IRAN. JOURN. BOT. 4(1),1988 quinquo INTRODUCTION pulverulentum. Phylla seriata; anguste ovata, coriacea, apice longe at- excursions to The author durlng several tenuata, pungentia. Flores homogami parts Iran and working in different of hermaphroditi; corolla intense purpurea; herbarium of Research Institute of the tubus ca. 15 mm longu.s, dentes minuti, forests and Rangelands has come across ca. 2 mm longi. Filamenta libera, glabra, new plant records and new species some anthera longe appendiculata, a basi for the flora of lran. The new records are sagitata, breviter auriculata, apice sub- and the new sPecies are explained cylindracea, purpurea; stigma unica described here. Herbarium materials col- (juvenilla). Achenia 3 -- 4 mm longa, -+- lected in the excursions are preserved in tetragona, obpyramidata; pappus biseria' TARI. tus, scabrus.

NEW SPECIES Typus. Khuzestan: between Behbahan and Deh - Dasht, Tange Takab, 550 m, cartilaginea Mozaffarian, sp. Nov. Jurinea 14 . 5 . 1986, V. Mozaffarian 58838 Diagnose: (holotypus TARI).

a J. pulchellaDC. differt foliis late ovatis vel sublyratis cartilagineis nec linearis. Polygonum botuliforme Mozaffarian,sp. nov. Suffrutex multicaulis. Ca.2O-- 40 cm Section Polygonum altus, intricate ramosissimus, viridiusculus, glabrus basi fere ligrosus. Folia basalia Ab Polygonum serpyllaceum Jaub. eL longe petiolata, manifeste dentata vel Spach differt foliis articutalis, botuli sensim lobata, margine versus cartilaginea, formibus, nec -*- ovatis vel angUste cum petiolo ca. 3 - 6.5 cm longa et spathulatis. 1.5 - 2 cmlata, basi abrupte attenuata, apice acuta, utrinque glabra; folia super- Caudex crassus, lignosus, multiceps, iora decrpscentia vel filiforme. Capitula dense pulvinato - caespitosus, glaber. singula, terminalia. Pedunculus evolutus, Rami floriferi usque ad 1 -- 2 cm longi ca. 3 - 7 cm longus. Involucrum 3 -15 flexuosi +- ascendentes, pauciramosi, mm longum, valde imbricatum, in- manifeste breviter articulati; ochreae fundibulare, dense arachnoido - manifeste diminutae, inferiores +_ fuscae, IRAN. JOURN. BOT. 4(1),1e88 New plants from Iran 63

Fig" 1. Jurinea cartihginea (x 0.55). 4(1),1988 64 V. Mozaffarian IRAN. JOURN. BOT. bifidae, suPeriores membranaceae obovata, apiculata, leviter mucronulata; albidae. Folia articulata, botuliformia, mucrone 0.5 mm longo et atro - puq)ureo' 2 - 4 mm longa, obtusa vel acuta, basi truncata, vel leviter cordata, (15) mucronulata. Flores 1 - 3 ni - fasiculati, 20 - 45 mm longa et 77 - 45 mm lata; erecti, breviter pedicellati, perigonium supra glabra, manifeste atrobruneo - pun- florendi temPore -+- 2 mm longum, ctata. subtus dense brevissime appresse infundibuliformi - campanulatum usque pilosa. Inflorescentiae 2--7 florae, ped- ad basi 5 - Iobatum. Nux Perigonio unculo abbreviato ca.L0--20 mm longo- breviora, + 1 - 1.5 mm longa, triquetra' Pedicelli 1 -2 mm longi. Bracteae 1.5 laevia, nitida. StYli 3 mm longae, lanceolatae. Bracteoleae ca. 1 mm longae, calycibus basi adnatae. Typus. Prov. Tehran: Arak, kumijan, Calyx tubulosus, 7 mm longus; dentibus Vafs mnt. 27OO -- 2500 m, V. Mozaf- 1 ttbi attingentibus, linearibus. Corolla farian 63722 (hol. TARI). 1 2 glabra, ochroleuca, demum brunnea. Vexillum 14 mm longum; lamina obovata Tavernieria gchinata Mozaffarian, sp. apice truncata. Alae ca. L2 mm longae; nov. lamina anguste oblonga, apice acutissima, basi distincte auriculata; auricula ca. 1 Mihi specie T. nummularlae similis sed mm longa; ungue lamina + duplo breviore. differt foliis ovato - orbicularibus vel Carina vexillum + aequantes; Iamina obovatis, supra glabris atrobruneo - oblique oblonga, curvata, apice rotundata, punctatis; leguminibus segmentis glabris, basi breviter angulata; ungue lamina -t ad marginem compressis, echinatis, duplo breviore. Ovarium lanato-pube- utrinque elevatim paralleliter ner',rosis, in scens. Stylus basi parce pilosus. Legumen parte mediano foveolatis vel manifeste sessile, lomentaceum; segementis 2-3' 9 reticulato - echinatis. mm longis et 8 mm latis marginam Perennis, fruticosus, 70-200 cm altus, versus manifeste compressis echinatis tota planta excepto rami anni precidenti utrinque elevatime parallele nervosis; in dense appresse brevissime pilosi. Stipulae parte mediano foveolatis vel reticulatis. 7 - 2 mm longae, cunneatae, brunneae. Folia unifoliolata, petiolata; petioli 8 -- Typus. Bandar-Abbas: Bastak, 500 m, 13 mm longi; petiolula 0.5 -- 1.5 mm 24 . 4 . 1984, Mozaffarian 44386 (holo- longa; lamina orbiculato - ovata, interdum typus TRAI); Bandar Lengeh, Garestaneh, IRAN. JOURN. BOT. 4(1). 1e88 New plants from lran 6b

Fig. 2. Taterniera echinata (x O.bb; fruit r.1.1). BOT. 4(1),1e88 66 V. Mozaffarian IRAN. JOURN.

40 m, 25 .4 .1984, V. Mozaffarian 49415'

Verbascum scoparium Mozaffarian, sp' nov.

Planta perennis, suffruticosa, pluricaulis, rami precidenti indurate distincta, 50 cm alta. Caulis stricte etectus, teretis, scop- arius, vetuli lignosi, albo grisei vel brune' scentes glabrati, novelli recti rigidi, viridi, demum saepe + glabrescentes, in partibus inflorescentiae superioribus vero la:riusculo pilis glanduliferis obsita. Prope basin foliosi, folia subnulla, p.rva' vix 2 cm longa et 0.5 cm lata, crassiuscula subcoriacea, novelli glabri vel inferne albido - pannosa, vetuli utrinque dense albido - pannosa, in petiolum brevissimum attenuata, lamina oblongo'elliptica, obtusiuscula, ctenato - dentatavel integer- rima, Folia superioria bracteiformia vel nulla. Inflorescentia laxa, ramossisime racemosa, rhachis 1.5 - 5 cm longa, glanduloso - stipitata. Bracteae parvae' lineares, pedicellis multo brevioribus, pedicelli 9 mm logi. Calycis laciniae 2 mm longae, oblongo - ovatae, acutiusculae, extus punctato - glandulosae, margine stipitato - glandolosae intus glabrae, Corolla purpunea, ca. 10 mm diam., extus glandulosa, intus glabra. Stamina4, filamentia in tertia parte superiore dense lanata, antherae reniformes, mediofixae Fig. 3. Verbascum scoparium (x 0.53). IRAN. JOURN. BOT. 4(1),1988 New plants from Iran 67

Stylus ca. 3 mm longus, glaberrimus recorded from Iran by Hedgq & Lamond apice subcapitatus. Ovarium glabrum, (1970) in Flora lranica. The distribution capsula ovoidea. Fl. et Fr. May - Nov. of the species is from Tropical and N. Africa through Arabia to Pakistan. Holotypus. BandarAbbas: Hajiabad, Shamile Bala, Bokhon, 1700 Dffi, 23 . tL . 1985, V. Mozaffarian 58724 Chenopodium ambrosoides L. (rARI). Gillan: Hashtapar, Karkan river bed, 200 Other specimens seen; Bandar - Abbas: m,V. MozafJarian,59480; Astara, Abbas - Ghotbabad, Baghestan, Damtang village, abad, 5P E, V. Mozaffaian 59208. - Baz Mnt., 500 - 2000 m, 28 . 4. 1985, Gorgan: Bandar-e Turkman, Ashuradeh. V. Mozaffarian 49965; Kuhc Genu, ca. 10 m,V. Mozaffarian 59634. 2000 m, V. Mozaffarian 58839. A new species record for Iran.

NEW RECORS Crepis aspera L.

Amberboa lippii (L.) DC. Khuzestan: Haft Tapeh, Railways station, 80m , V. Mozaffarian 62783. Bandar - Abbas: Minab ca. 29 m, V. In Flora Iranica area (cf. Rechinger L977 . Mozaffarian 63671; Sarkhon, ca. 80 m, p.377) only known from Iraq. V. Mozaffarian 63537. Fagonia glutinosa Delile var. glutinosa The species is new to flora of Iran. General distribution of the species is Saharo - Khuzestan: Susangerd, Bostan, Allaho- Arabian. akbar sand dunes, 50 m, V. Mozaffarian 58836.

Cadaba farinosa Forssk. New species record for Iran. According to M. Nabil el Hadidi (L972, p. 3) in K.H. Baluchestan: Chahbahar, between Rechinger Flora Iranica general distribu- Pasabandar and Gouatr, ca. 10 m, V. tion of the species is: Shahra occidentalis, Mozaffarian 5284O. centralis et borealis, Mauritania, Tunesia, A. Parsa (1951 p.912) reported the Libya, Aegyptus, Transjordania, Iraq, species from Baluchestan but not Arabia. V. Mozaffarian IRAN. JOURN. BOT. 4(1),1988

Fig. 4. Fagonia glutinosa (x O.77; fruit 11.2). IRAN. JOURN. BOT. 4(1), 1988 New plants from Iran 69

Lomatogonium carinthiacum (Wulfen ) A. The genus is new to the flora of Iran. Br. This subspecies according to H.Riedl (1948, p" 97) was supposed to beendemic Azarbyejean: N. of Savalan Mnt. 3350 - in Iraq. 3700 m,Javanshir, 1158 (Tabriz Univer- sity Herbarium). The Genus is new to flora of Iran. Putoria calabrica (L.) Pers.

Fars: 10 km SE. of Sarvestan, Poste Medicago intertexta (L.) Miller va.r. Chenar region, L700 -2200 m, shrubby ciliaris (L.) Heyn calcareus Rocky mnt., V. Mozaffarian 46762. Khuzestan: Behbahan to Ramhormoz, Maroon river bed, 300 m, V. Mozaffarian The Genus not previously recorded from 5883?',. Iran.

New record for Iran, the author of K. H. Rechinger Flora Iranica (cf. C.C. Heyn Rhyncosia minima (L.) DC. 1984) has not seen it from the region. Baluchestan: Chahbahar, between Pasa- bandar and Gouatr, 20 m, V. Mozaffarian Meficago rugosa Desr. 58745.

The species is new to the flora of Iran, It Khuzestan: Ahvaz, 29m, Hoveizeh s. n. was recorded from Afghanistan and A new record for Iran. According to C.C. Pakistan in K.H.Rechinger Flora Iranica. Heyn (1970 p. 494) and M. Zohary Q972 p. La\ it is a Meditenanean element. Rumex pictus Forssk.

Omphalodes luciliae Boiss. subsp. kurdica Khuzestan: N.E. of Bostan, aroundKuhe Rech. f. & H. Riedl Mish - Dagh, sand dtuees,50 - 200 m, V. Mozaffarian 53737. Chaharmahalc Bakhtian: Zaxd kuh, op- posite to the Tunel+ Kuhrang, 2600 - A new record for lran. It is said to be E. 3200 m, in crevices of rocks, V. Mozaf- Mediterranean element extending into farian 57688. adjacent Saharo - Arabian Territories. BOT. 4(1)' 1988 70 V. Mozaffarian IRAN. JOURN. Rechinger (ed.) Scilla autumnelir L. paridaceae in K.H. Flora Iranica no. 68 - Gtaz. 62 km from Andimeshk to Khuzestan: Heyn, C.C. 1970: The genus Medicago L. 6 km after Pol-e-ZaI vil- Khorramabad, in P.H. Davis (ed.) Fl. of Turkey vol. 3 lage, gapsum formation soil, 520 m, V. - Edinburgh. Mozaffarian 58426. - - 1980: The genus Medicago L' in K'H' Late flowering species. Tepals pinkish - Rechinger (ed.) Flora Iranica no' 157: white with a blackish band on tl:e outer 253 -'274. - Gtaz- side. Nabil el Hadidi,M' L972: Zygophyllaceae in K.H. Rechinger (ed.) Flora Iranica A. parsa (1950 p. 26$reports the species No.98. doubtfyully from Iran. According to P. -Graz. Parsa, A. 1948: New species and varieties Wendelbo (1985 p. 103), general distribu- 'II. of the Persian flora: - Kew BuII' tion of the species is Iraq,W. & S. Europe, 701 228. Crete, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, - 1950: Fl. de I'Iran vol. 5. - Tehran' Turkey, Caucasus, N. Africa. - - 1951: Fl. de l'Iran vol. 1. - Tehran' Polatschek A. 1982: Santalaceae in K-H. Scutellaria ariana Hedge Rechinger (ed.) Flora Iranica, no. 155' Graz. Bandar - Abbas: Hajiabad, Shamil+ Bala, - Riedl, H. 1967: Boraginaceae in K.H. Bokhon, crevices of rocks, 1700 m, Rechinger (ed.) Flora Iranica no. 48. 23 . LI . 1985, V. Mozaffarian 58?30. - Gtaz. New record for Iran. It was previously Wendelbo, P. 1985: Liliaceae in C.C. known only from Afghanistan (endem.). Townsend et al. Flora of Iraq vol. 8. - Baghdad. Zohary,M.7972: Flora Palaestina vol. 2. References - Jerusalem. Hedge, I.C. & Lamond, J. 1970: CaP-