A new species of the genus Alyssum section Alyssum (Brassicaceae) from Iran

Mirzadeh Vaghefi, Saeede Sadat; Asadi, Mostafa; Sheidaee, Masoud

doi:10.21859/acadpub.nbr.3.2.145

A new species of the genus Alyssum section Alyssum (Brassicaceae) from Iran

Authors

Saeede Sadat Mirzadeh Vaghefi

Mostafa Asadi

Masoud Sheidaee

https://doi.org/10.21859/acadpub.nbr.3.2.145

Abstract

Specimens collected from the forest areas of Mazandaran Province (Iran), Kojour, between Lashkenareh

and Gandis-Kala village showed significant characteristics. At first glance, these specimens looked similar to A. szowitsianum, but with no indumentum on fruit. Further studies showed that those specimens belong to a new species, Alyssum mazandaranicum Mirzadeh & Assadi sp. nov., which was confined to the ecotone area between Euro-Siberian and Irano -Turanian regions. More populations of this new species were also found in other localities with similar ecological circumstances. Here, the new species is described, illustrated and compared with the closest taxon.

Keywords

Alyssum

Cruciferae

Mazandaran province

N. Iran

new species

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