Silene ferdowsii Joharchi, Nejati & F. Ghahrem. sp. nova (Caryophyllaceae), from sect. Auriculatae, is described from Khorassan province, NE Iran. It is morphologically most similar to S. albescens, especially in its indumentums, but differs in having longer internodes and crowded stems. Silene ferdowsii is also compared with S. eriocalycinae and S. sisianica.
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1 April 2011
Silene ferdowsii (Caryophyllaceae), a New Species from Iran
Maliheh Nejati Edalatiyan,
Mohammadreza Joharchi,
Farrokh Ghahremaninejad
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Annales Botanici Fennici
Vol. 48 • No. 2
April 2011
Vol. 48 • No. 2
April 2011