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Volume 8, Issue 4 (11-2010)
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In order to identify the mycoflora of North-East forests of Iran, nine species of Ascomycetes in Shahid Zare and Siah Roodbar forests were collected and transferred to the lab. These species belonged to 4 order, 6 families and 7 genera including, Helvella acetabulum, H.crispa, H.macropus, Hymenoscyphus albidus, Lasiosphaeria spermoides, Peziza arvernensis, Tarzetta catinus and Xylaria hypoxylon. Among these, Bisporella subpallida, Helvella macropus, Hymenoscyphus albidus,Lasiosphaeria spermoides, Peziza arvernensis and Tarzetta catinus are new taxa for Iranian fungal flora
Volume 8, Issue 4 (11-2010)
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Caprini is one of the largest sections belonging to the genus Astragalus with 280 species. Astragalus Sect. Caprini are revised. This section has 171 and 115 species in Flora Iranica area and Iran, respectively. During the work, plant specimens preserved in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Herbarium (FUMH) were indentified from different regions of Khorassan provinces. Also, distribution of regions in different parts of this section are presented. Based on this study, 37 species of this section are known in Khorassan provinces. A. kushkensis in Flora Iranica has been recorded from Turkmenistan and Afghanistan and is reported from NE. of Khorassan, Torbate – jam, Saleh Abad as a new record for the flora of Iran. This plant is glabrous and has 18 – 22 pairs of leaflets. Leaflets are narrowing ovate and glabrous. Distribution regions of these taxa in different parts of Khorassan province are given.
Jamil Vaezi, Fatemeh Batyari, Hamid Ejtehadi, Mohammad Farsi, Mohammad Reza Joharchi,
Volume 11, Issue 4 (2-2012)
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The genus Salvia is morphlogically investigated to provide an identification key based on morphological characters in the Northeast of Iran. In this study, we examined more than 350 herbarium and collected specimens of different populations and measured 79 quantitative and qualitative (vegetative and generative) characters. The results of the multivariate analysis (principal component analysis) and Nonparametric Test (K independent samples) indicate that the morphological characters such as blossom shape, ring of trichome inside of corolla and protrusion style differentiated the Salvia species. For the first time, the species Salvia shariffi is reported in the Jonoubi and Shomali Khorassans.
M Assadi, F. Ghahremaninejad, T. Nejadsattari, I. Mehregan, K. Poursakhi,
Volume 14, Issue 3 (10-2014)
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Genus Cerastium belongs to the subfamily Alsinoideae. This genus is represented with about 30 species in two subgenera (subgenus Dichodon and subgenus Cerastium) and three sections (sect. Strephodon, sect. Orthodon and sect. Schizodon) in flora Iranica area, of which 19 species were reported from Iran. The materials in the TARI herbarium were studied. The vegetative and reproductive characteristics of specimens were checked by stereomicroscope. In family Caryophyllaceae, the seeds bear numerous characters which can be used for taxonomic purposes. The ornamentation features of the seed surface and its relief are different from one species to another. The seeds were carefully taken from mature and dehiscent capsules. Pollen grains obtained from flowers bearing mature anthers. In this paper, Cerastium pentandrum (Caryophyllaceae) is reported as a new record from northwest Iran and Iranian plateau. It belongs to the subg. Cerastium sect. Orthodon. In this section teeth of the capsule are elongated, straight or reflexed, with flat or recurved margins. Morphological characteristics of the new record are provided. This taxon is compared with its closest relative C. balearicum. The ultrastructure of seed and pollen is examined by SEM.
, Soheila Parsa Pana,
Volume 15, Issue 2 (2-2015)
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The genus Pedicularis with 600-800 species is a semiparasitic plant distributed mostly in cold and mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere . In this study, nine species of this genus in the flora of Iran has been studied by electron microscopy . The surface of stigma of P. pycnantha and P. wilhelmsiana are flat. It is hemispherical in P. cabulica , P. caucasica , P. rechingeri, P. sibthorpii, P. condensate, P. strausii and conical only in P. rhinanthoides . In order to determine relationships between species, numerical analysis was carried out using 44 quantitative and qualitative of morphological, anatomical and palynological traits. The diagrams obtained from UPGMA and PCA methods were used to establish the relationship between the studied specie. Based on the results of the analysis, traits such as fruit pericarp thickness , spongy parenchyma thickness of leaf , stem height , stem thickness , total thickness of the stem and midrib length with high variability can be useful for species determination and evaluation of the similarities between them.
