Ziba Jamzad - Research Institute of Forests & Rangelands, P.O.Box ۱۳۱۸۵-۱۱۶, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Hatami - Research Centre of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Fars Province, P.O. Box ۷۱۵۵۵-۶۱۷, Shiraz, Iran.
Mahmood Zaeifi - Research Centre of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Hormozgan Province, P.O. Box.۷۹۱۴۵-۱۵۷۷, Bandar Abbas, Iran.

Gontscharovia popovii is recorded for the flora of Iran. It is the first report of the presence of the monotypic genus, Gontscharovia in Iran.  It is separated from its close ally Satureja by the۱۵-nerved calyx (not ۱۰-۱۳), the glabrous throat of the corolla and the beaked nutlets.

Gontscharovia, new record, flora of Iran