Nova Biologica Reperta

Introducing a new species, Silene ghahremaninejadii (Caryophyllaceae), from Iran

Authors

Ehsan Hosseini
Mostafa Asadi
https://doi.org/10.21859/acadpub.nbr.3.2.131
Abstract
Silene ghahremaninejadii (Caryophyllaceae) is described as a new species to science in this article based on critical differences in certain characters of both vegetative and reproductive organs, compared with its closely related taxa, i.e. S. marschallii and S. ruprechtii. The new species has compact caudex, glabrous leaves and pedicles, cylindrical calyx without indumentums on its inner surface, deeply bifid petals without coronal scales and glabrousfilaments. In addition, a hypothesis about the speciation process of the species is proposed.

Keywords

flora iranica
Lasiostemones
Sileneae
Silene marschallii
Silene ruprechtii
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Nova Biologica Reperta
Volume 3, Issue 2 - Serial Number 8
Summer 2016
Pages 131-135

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  • Publish Date 08 June 2026

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