Nova Biologica Reperta

Phelipanche pouyanii (Orobanchaceae), a new species from Iran

Authors

Seyedeh Zahra Mousavi Parsaii 1
Jamil Vaezi 1
Hamid Ejtehadi 1
Farshid Memariani 2
Mohammad Reza Joharchi 2

1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

2 Research Centre for Plant Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

https://doi.org/10.52547/nbr.7.4.457
Abstract




Phelipanche pouyanii is described here as a new species from South Khorassan Province, East of Iran. Its diagnostic morphological features are the calyx teeth being far longer than the calyx tube and staminal filaments being glabrous. These characters clearly differentiated the new species from its closely related taxa, i.e., P. mutelii, P. angustelaciniata and P. nana. Results obtained from the pollen and seed micromorphological characters showed no significant taxonomic value in the delimitation of the new species from its closely related species. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences, however, showed sufficient differences to delineate the new species from its closely related species.




Keywords

integrated taxonomy
phylogeny
endemic
conservation
South Khorassan
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Nova Biologica Reperta
Volume 7, Issue 4 - Serial Number 26
Autumn 2020
Pages 457-467

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

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