Abstract:The genus Cousinia Cass. of the tribe Cardueae with about 700 species is one
of the most diverse genera in Central and SW Asia following Senecio and
Vernonia. The section Cynaroideae with 89 species is the largest section of
the genus. Cousinia calocephala is the only endemic species of the section
distributed in 14 provinces of Iran from Alborz to Zagros mountains. In
present study 65 plant specimens of 13 geographical populations of C.
calocephala were investigated based on the morphologica… Show more
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