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A NEW SPECIES OF FERULA (UMBELLIFERAE) FROM SOUTHERN IRAN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

Y. Ajani  and
M. Ajani
Y. Ajani
Affiliation:
Institute of Medicinal Plants (IMP), Iranian Academic Centre for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), 55 km Tehran–Qazvin Freeway, PO Box 313751369, Karaj, Iran. E-mail: ajanisef@yahoo.com
M. Ajani
Affiliation:
Department of Photography, Faculty of Visual Arts, University of Art, Karaj, Iran.
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Abstract

A new species of Ferula (Umbelliferae), Ferula hezarlalehzarica Y.Ajani, from the Hezar and Lalehzar mountains (Kerman province) in the south of Iran, is described and illustrated. From field and herbarium studies it appears that the species is found only in Kerman province. Details of its morphology and mericarp anatomy are discussed and compared with its closest relatives, Ferula hindukushensis Kitam. and F. koso-poljanskyi Korovin. The new species differs from these mainly in leaf, umbel and mericarp characters. An alteration to the Ferula key in Flora Iranica is given.

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Ferulafruit anatomyIrannew speciesUmbelliferae/Apiaceae
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , November 2008 , pp. 425 - 431
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2008

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