Background & Aim: Fabaceae plant family cow tail (Smirnovia iranica) is one of the valuable species of native shrubs and sand dunes in the central region of Iran which is consistent with the production of forage and soil conservation and creating a beautiful landscape; it has the active ingredients of medicinal values. The purpose of this study was to investigate the presence of some p...

the paper contains the first report on the biology of snail-killing flies (sciomyzidae) in khuzestan. it is based on field and laboratory studies conducted during november 1971 and april 1973, as well as field observations in may 1972, at the dezful medical research station. additional biological information obtained during studies is given for pherbellia fuscipes (macaquart), p.grisescens (mei...

Background & Aim: Smirnova iranica Sabeti is one of the valuable and adapted shrub species native to the sandy fields of Central Iran and of Fabaceae family that in terms of the production of forage and soil conservation and creating a beautiful landscape and medicinal value is critically important. No study has been conducted on this plant essence in Iran, so far.  Experimental: In t...

Karl Heinz Rechinger was born on October 16, 1906 at Vienna (Austria). He was the only son of Dr. Karl Rechinger and Rosa Elisabeth Rechinger née Favarger. His father was also a plant taxonomist. The principal focus of K.H. Rechinger was flora writing. He was the author of Flora Aegaea and founder and editor of "Flora Iranica". In 1929, Rechinger started to work as an unpaid volunteer in the De...

background & aim: gundelia tournefortii l. (tumbleweed) has been identified as one of the well-known and widely distributed plants with various applications in some of asian and north african countries. it belongs to the (asteraceae) family and grows in the middle east particularly in the temperate, mountainous and semi desert areas of countries such as iran, iraq, turkey, jordan, syria, eg...