S.B. DJAVADI

Department of Botany, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, P.O. Box 1454, Tehran 19395 E-mail: [email protected]

[ 1 ] - COUSINIA PAPILLOSA, A NEW SPECIES FROM EASTERN IRAN, INCLUDING CHROMOSOME COUNT AND PALYNOLOGICAL STUDIES

Cousinia papillosa (Asteraceae) from eastern Iran is described and illustrated as a new species. Differences between the new species and its closest relative, C. meshhedensis, are discussed. A map showing the distribution of the two species is given. The scanning electron micrography of the pollen grains shows obvious differences between the two species especially in the sculpturing of exine. T...

[ 2 ] - NEW OR RARE CHROMOSOME COUNTS IN TEN SPECIES OF COUSINIA FROM IRAN-II

In the present study, choromosome numbers of 10 species of the genus Cousinia including: C. bienerti (n=13), C. decipiens (n=13), C. deserti (n=12), C. esfandiari (n=13), C. komarowii (n=13), C. lepida (n=13), C. neurocentra (n=12), C. piptocephala (n=13), C. smirnowii (n=12)and C. turcomanica (n=13) are reported from Iran. Specimens have been collected from Semnan and Khorasan Provinces. Nine ...

[ 3 ] - NEW OR RARE CHROMOSOME COUNTS IN TEN SPECIES OF COUSINIA FROM IRAN (I)

The meiotic chromosome counts are reported in 10 species of the genus Cousinia including: C. adenostegia, C. antonowii, C. chaetocephala, C. dasylepis, C. eriobasis, C. freynii, C. prasina, C. rechingerorum, C. termei and C. trachyphyllaria from Iran. Specimens have been collected from different parts of Iran out of which, eight species are considered to be new and two provide confirmation of t...

[ 4 ] - THREE NEW RECORDS OF COMPOSITAE FROM IRAN

Following 3 species of Compositaeare reported as new records to Iran: Cousinia pycnoloba, Lactuca dissecta and Launaea remotiflora. The collecting localities and their figures are given.

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