NEW RECORDS OF THE FAMILY GRAMINEAE FROM IRAN (3)

The family Gramineaee, due to its great number of species and worldwide distribution, is one of the large and well- known family in the plant kingdom. All the species in this family are homotypes and are found wherever plant growth is possible. At present, more than 10,000 species in 620 genera belonging to 60 tribes of this family are known from all over the world. In Iran, besides many research works which have been carried out so for, TERMEH (1987) while revising the family, introduced 117 genera, 406 species, 10 subspecies and 54 varieties for Iran. In addition, reference should also be made to the following taxa recorded from Iran: Bromus racemosus (ASSADI & WENDELBO 1977), Agropyron caninum (ASSADI 1983), Briza humilis (ASSADI 1984), Dactyloctenium aegipticeum (MOZAFFARIAN 1985), Glyceria caspica and Backmanici eruciformis (HAMZEHEE 1992), Dinebra retroflexa (MOZAFFARIAN 1994) and Poa golestanica (SCHOLZ & AKHANI 1999).