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Do species of Crataegus sect. Sanguineae occur in Iran?
Author(s) -
Hamzeh'ee Behnam,
Attar Farideh,
Zieliński Jerzy,
Assareh Mohammad Hasan,
Mozaffarian Valliolah
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/njb.00601
Subject(s) - crataegus , herbarium , biology , section (typography) , sect , botany , business , advertising
Results of a revision of Iranian species of Crataegus section Sanguineae are presented here. Previously, two species of this section, C. sanguinea Pall. and C. babakhanloui Khat., were reported from Iran. However, detailed analyses of morphological and micro‐morphological characteristics, as well as phytogeographical data, could not confirm this information; herbarium specimens recognised as C. sanguinea appeared to be C. pentagyna Waldst. & Kit. ( C . sect. Pentagynae ), while C. babakhanloui should be included in the C . section Crataegus . The section Sanguineae is represented in Iran only by C. wattiana Hemsl. & Lace, the presence of which is reported here for the first time.