Ali Asghar Maassoumi - Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands

Eight new species of the genus Astragalus belonging to different sections are described from Iran. New species are: A. (Erioceras) bavanatensis, A. (Hymenostegis) simakanensis, A. (Erioceras) khongensis, A. (Acidodes) magnibracteatus, A. (Stereothrix) mahneshanensis, A. (Aegacantha) montis-parrowii, A.(Incani) quaratchaicus, A. (Microphysa) rubriphysa. Descriptions and distribution of these species are given.

Astragalus, sect. Incani, sect. Hymenostegis, sect. Acidodes, sect. Microphysa, new species, Iran