New Combinations of Rhaponticoides (Asteraceae, Cardueae) from Afghanistan

Authors

  • M. Ranjbar

Keywords:

Afghanistan, identification key, lectotypification, new combinations, Rhaponticoides

Abstract

In a forthcoming systematic treatment of Afghanistan species of Rhaponticoides herbarium collections were examined and as a result increased the number species of the genus to 3 spp for Afghanistan Morphologically the species of the genus are classified into three subsections Iranicae 1 spp Ruthenicae 1 spp and Turkestanicae 1 spp in Afghanistan Two new combinations are proposed for Centaurea gerhardii and C turkestanica and lectotype is designated for R turkestanica Finally a first key of the Rhaponticoides species in Afghanistan is presented here

How to Cite

M. Ranjbar. (2014). New Combinations of Rhaponticoides (Asteraceae, Cardueae) from Afghanistan. Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, 14(E3), 13–17. Retrieved from https://journalofscience.org/index.php/GJSFR/article/view/1412

New Combinations of Rhaponticoides (Asteraceae, Cardueae) from Afghanistan

Published

2014-07-15