NOTES ON THE GENUS ASTRAGALUS L. (SECT. XIPHIDIUM BGE.) IN IRAN

A revision of the genus Astragalus (Sect. Xiphidium) in Iran including key to the species, new records and new synonyms is presented. A. binaludensis is described as a new species from Khorasan. Four species are reported as new for the flora of Iran: A. xiphidium, A. xiphidioides, A. sumbari and A. dendroproselius. Three species A. viridis, A. dendroproselius and A. triqueter are excluded from the Sect. Xiphidium and transferred to the adjacent sections. Two new synonyms are recognized; A. argyroides is treated as a synonym of A. angustatus and A. transhyrcanus is considered as a snonym of A. xiphidioides.

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