NOTES ON THE FLORA OF IRAN: 1. ASPARAGUS (ASPARAGACEAE) AND NITRARIA (ZYGOPHYLLACEAE)

Authors

  • H. AKHANI Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tehran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960428602000112

Keywords:

Atraphaxis, Flora of Iran, halophytes, Irano-Turkish disjunction, Liliaceae

Abstract

Asparagus lycaonicus P.H. Davis (Asparagaceae), a species hitherto known only from E Central Turkey, is reported from Iran. A review of Nitraria (Zygophyllaceae) in Iran together with critical comments on the account of the genus in Flora Iranica are given, and Iranian records of N. komarovii Iljin & Lava are referred to Atraphaxis suaedifolia Jaub. & Spach (Polygonaceae).

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Published

2002-06-25

Issue

Vol. 59 No. 2 (2002)

Section

Original Research Articles

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