Nova Biologica Reperta

Cousinia elymaitica (Cardueae, Asteraceae) a new species from west of Iran

Authors

Farideh Attar 1
Valiollah Mozaffarian 2
Mansour Mirtadzadini 3

1 Central Herbarium of Tehran University, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran

2 Department of Botany, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands

3 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman

https://doi.org/10.29252/nbr.5.3.307
Abstract
Cousinia elymaitica, which has been collected from western Iran, is described in this paper as a new species. This new species has been assigned to the sect. Pugioniferae on the basis of its habit, purple corolla and decurrent leaves. Its closest related species is C. macroptera. A distribution map and an illustration of the related specimens have also been provided.

Keywords

Asia
Compositae
endemic
flora of Iran
new taxon
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Nova Biologica Reperta
Volume 5, Issue 3 - Serial Number 17
Autumn 2018
Pages 307-310

  • Receive Date 08 June 2026
  • Publish Date 08 June 2026

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