Polygala guilanica (Polygalaceae), a new species from Guilan Province, N Iran

Abstract

A new species, Polygala guilanica (Polygalaceae), is described from Kooh-Roubar, Gasht-Roodkhan protected area in W Guilan province, N Iran. The new species is distinguished based on its prostrate stem; small, lanceolate, ovate and rhombic, sessile leaves; tiny pink-white flowers in lax terminal racemes; 6 or 8 stamens with sessile anthers, a filiform style and brownish seed with 3-lobed caruncle. Detailed morphological description of the new species, photographs and distribution map are provided. Polygala guilanica is compared with the morphologically closest species: P. kurdica, P. hohenackeriana and P. anatolica. An updated identification key is provided for the Iranian species.

Polygala idukkiana (Polygalaceae), a new species from the southern Western Ghats, India

“…After careful comparison of morphological characters in living and herbarium specimens (CALI), and after consulting relevant literature (Adema 1966;Chandrabose & Nair 1981;Banerjee 1993;Banerjee & Balakrishnan 2005;Chen & al. 2008;Ranjan 2009;Kerrigan 2008Kerrigan , 2012Yang & Chen 2013;Dönmez & Aydin 2018;Pastore 2018aPastore , 2018bSarvi & al. 2020;Ying 2020;Pastore & al.…”

“…2021aPastore & al. , 2021bPastore & Antar 2021;Sarvi & al. 2021;Pastore 2022) we found that the entity in question is consistently distinct from all other species of the genus and is described here as new.…”