Turkish Journal of Botany
DOI
10.3906/bot-1806-50
Abstract
Hedysarum alamutense, a new species in the tribe Hedysareae DC. (Fabaceae), is described and illustrated. It belongs to the traditionally recognized Hedysarum L. section Multicaulia (Boiss.) B.Fedtsch., which extends over the West Alborz Mountains in northern Iran. This species is characterized by greenish stems and corolla persisting in fruiting stage and has mostly 1?2-jointed, unarmed, biconvex pods with short hairs becoming bald early, and flattened margins. Phylogenetic analyses of molecular data clearly unite this species with H. formosum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Basin. The new species is characterized by 4 singleton nucleotide substitutions, suggesting it as a distinct taxon. Phylogenetic inferences are consistent with the interpretations of morphological features. Moreover, the lack of nucleotide variation among individual samples of H. formosum indicated that the species has not been diversified at the population level and reinforced our findings.
Keywords
Alborz Mountains, Hedysarum, phylogeny, section Multicaulia, taxonomy
First Page
386
Last Page
394
Recommended Citation
NAFISI, HANIYEH; KAZEMPOUR-OSALOO, SHAHROKH; MOZAFFARIAN, VALIOLLAH; and RAD, MOHAMMAD AMINI
(2019)
"Hedysarum alamutense (Fabaceae-Hedysareae), a new species from Iran, and itsphylogenetic position based on molecular data,"
Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 43:
No.
3, Article 11.
https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-1806-50
Available at:
https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol43/iss3/11
