Onosma nuristanica (Boraginaceae), a new species from Afghanistan

Sultani Ahmadzai, Atiqullah; Ejtehadi, Hamid; Farzam, Mohammad; Bashirzadeh, Maral; Attar, Farideh; Joharchi, Mohammad Reza

Volume 10, Issue 3 (12-2023) NBR 2023, 10(3): 230-239 | Back to browse issues page

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Sultani Ahmadzai A, Ejtehadi H, Farzam M, Bashirzadeh M, Attar F, Joharchi M R. Onosma nuristanica (Boraginaceae), a new species from Afghanistan. NBR 2023; 10 (3) :230-239
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Onosma nuristanica (Boraginaceae), a new species from Afghanistan

Atiqullah Sultani Ahmadzai

, Hamid Ejtehadi ^*

, Mohammad Farzam

, Maral Bashirzadeh

, Farideh Attar

, Mohammad Reza Joharchi

Quantitative Plant Ecology and Biodiversity Research Lab., Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran , hejtehadi@um.ac.ir

Abstract: (597 Views)

The new species Onosma nuristanica is described and illustrated here on the basis of specimens collected from Parun in Nuristan and Chapa Dareh in Kunar, one of the eastern provinces of Afghanistan. An extensive review of the literature and a comparative study with specimens from several herbaria led to the determine of this new species. Our results represent significant divergence between studied specimens in terms of the most important morphological features, i.e., flower color, pedicel length, bract length filaments length, cauline shape and form. In this article, a detailed description of the new species and a diagnostic key for Onosma species thriving in Afghanistan are provided and the new species is compared morphologically with its closely related species. In addition, a distribution map is provided for the new species and its close relatives in the area.

Keywords: Afghanistan, endemic, new species, Lithospermeae, taxonomy

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