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A NEW SPECIES OF BELLEVALIA (LILIACEAE / HYACINTHACEAE) FROM IRAN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

A. Jafari  and
A. A. Maassoumi
A. Jafari
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Islamic Azad University of Mashhad, Iran. E-mail: azarnoosh.jafaree@yahoo.com
A. A. Maassoumi
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: Maassoumi@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Bellevalia wendelboi Maassoumi & Jafari from western Iran (Kurdistan Province) is newly described. It is similar to Bellevalia macrobotrys from Bellevalia sect. Nutans subsect. Colorata but differs in having weakly canaliculate leaves, yellow anthers (not violet) and a cordate-ovoid, acuminate capsule (not ovoid and retuse). There are now 19 species of Bellevalia in four sections in Iran.

Keywords

Bellevalia sect. Nutans subsect. ChlorataBellevalia wendelboiIranLiliaceae/Hyacinthaceaenew species
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , November 2008 , pp. 469 - 473
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2008

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