Open AccessSPERGULARIA IRAQENSIS (CARYOPHYLLACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM IRAQ
Author(s) -
Ali Haloob,
Ali H. Al-Musawi,
Harb Adeel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
maǧallaẗ matḥaf al-tārīẖ al-ṭabī’ī/bulletin of the iraq natural history museum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.148
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2311-9799
pISSN - 1017-8678
DOI - 10.26842/binhm.7.2021.16.3.0291
Subject(s) - biology , botany
Spergularia iraqensis sp. nov. is described as a new species from Iraq. This species has been collected from Diyala Province in the central east of Iraq; it is closely related to Spergularia rubra (L.) J. Presl & C. Presl, 1819 and Spergularia bocconei (Scheele) Graebn., 1919. The distinguishing of the morphological characteristics of the new species alongside the two similar species are discussed with photographs, and an identification key is given for Spergularia iraqensis and other closely related species.