TAILIEUCHUNG - Two new records from Wetland habitats of the central Alborz mountains, Iran
Oxytropis glabra (Lam.) DC. (Papilionaceae) and Carex pycnostachya Kar. & Kir. (Cyperaceae) are reported as new records for the flora of Iran. These species occur in wetland habitats sharply embedded in steppic vegetation in the Alborz Mts., N Iran. A morphological comparison between these new records and related species is presented. | Turk J Bot 32 (2008) 249-253 © TÜB‹TAK Research Note Two New Records from Wetland Habitats of the Central Alborz Mountains, Iran Alireza NAQINEZHAD1,3,*, Adel JALILI2, Farideh ATTAR1, Ahmad GHAHREMAN1, Aliasghar MAASOUMI2 1 Central Herbarium of Tehran University, Department of Plant Science, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, PO Box 14155-6455, Tehran - IRAN 2 Department of Botany, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, PO Box 13185-16, Tehran - IRAN 3 Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, Alfred Denny Building, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN - UK Received: Accepted: Abstract: Oxytropis glabra (Lam.) DC. (Papilionaceae) and Carex pycnostachya Kar. & Kir. (Cyperaceae) are reported as new records for the flora of Iran. These species occur in wetland habitats sharply embedded in steppic vegetation in the Alborz Mts., N Iran. A morphological comparison between these new records and related species is presented. Habitat features of each species are described. Newly found localities for these 2 species in Iran indicate westward extension of the distribution of these species. Key Words: Carex pycnostachya, Irano-Turanian region, mountain wetlands, Oxytropis glabra. Introduction The north-central border of Iran is marked by the Caspian Sea, which is bordered on the Iranian side by the Alborz Mountains. Although only approximately 100 km wide north to south, this mountain range reaches elevations greater than 4500 m . and forms a long, east-west barrier that separates the moist Caspian Sea climate from the more arid central part. Botanical investigation of the Alborz range was initiated in the 19th century (., Kotschy, 1861) and continuing research has resulted in several publications (., Gilli, 1939; Klein, 2001), but rather little is known about the wetlands and their flora and vegetation. The occurrence of a remarkable number of wetland sites, as patches of verdant .
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