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Volume 11, Issue 1 (10-2011)
Abstract
Plants from papilionoideae Subfamily of fabaceae family have a papilionoid flower. Glycyrrhiza glabra is an important plant of this family and is a perennial and bushy plant which includes raceme inflorescences with blue or dark violet flowers. Flower has synsepalous calyx with five lobes that at adaxial surface has secretory hairs. Corolla has three kinds of petals: a vexillium, two wings and two keels. In contrast to other petals, wings have secretory locules more and are darker in color. Keels do not attach to each other. Androecium is decamerous, diadelphous, heteromorphy. Anther characters are: tetrasporange, extrorse, longitudinal dehiscence, four wall layers, simultaneous cytokinesis, secretory taptum and sheroidal pollen. Gynoecium is monocarpate with campilotropous and crossinucelate ovules, open style and disk shaped stigma. Secretory thricomes are seen on the outer side of sepals. Fruit is pod with 2-5 seeds, which even at maturity stage has secretory thricomes. Eventually, it seems that flower color, its papilionoid structure, numerous secretory thricomes on ovary wall, sepals and wings are important charachters at insect attraction.
Volume 18, Issue 45 (6-2008)
Abstract
This project was conducted to study the taxonomy of tribe Vicieae based on morphological characters. The specimens were collected from different parts of Khorassan, and after identification they were preserved at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Herbarium (FUMH). Diagnostic keys and a complete list of distribution regions for all species of this tribe in Khorassan were presented. Cicer kermanense, Vicia truncatula, V. cappadocica, V. variabilis, Lens culinaris, Lathyrus pratensis and V. sphaericus are reported for the first time for the flora of Khorassan provinces and V. pseudocassobica is probably as a synonym of V. venulosa.
Volume 18, Issue 58 (8-2004)
Abstract
Astragalus kurdaicus Saposhn. ex Sumn is now considered as an additional species of the flora of Iran. This species was introduced from Middle Asia, and is also recorded from NE Iran. It belongs to Astragalus section Cystium.
