Piptatherum ferganense (Poaceae), another Middle Asian species as a new record for the flora of Iran

Memariani, Farshid; Ejtehadi, Hamid; Arjmandi, Ali Asghar; Joharchi, Mohammad Reza

doi:10.52547/nbr.9.2.132

Piptatherum ferganense (Poaceae), another Middle Asian species as a new record for the flora of Iran

Authors

Farshid Memariani ¹

Hamid Ejtehadi ²

Ali Asghar Arjmandi ³

Mohammad Reza Joharchi ¹

¹ Herbarium FUMH, Department of Botany, Research Center for Plant Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

² Quantitative Plant Ecology and Biodiversity Research Lab., Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

³ Herbarium FUMH, Department of Botany, Research Center for Plant Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; Quantitative Plant Ecology and Biodiversity Research Lab., Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

https://doi.org/10.52547/nbr.9.2.132

Abstract

Piptatherum ferganense is recorded as a new grass species for the flora of Iran collected from Ghorkhod Protected Area and Aladagh Mountains in North Khorassan province. The core distribution range of the species is Eastern Irano-Turanian with a disjunction in northeastern Iran. The morphological characters of P. ferganense are illustrated and compared with the closely related P. latifolium. It can be distinguished from P. latifolium by its evenly arranged spikelets in the panicle, lanceolate fertile lemma, and shorter lemma awns. Notes on taxonomy, ecology, phytogeography, and conservation status of the recorded species are provided.

Keywords

biodiversity

conservation

Khorassan-Kopet Dagh

grasses

phytogeography

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