NEW AND NOTEWORTHY SPECIES OF THE GENUS ASTRAGALUS FROM IRAN

In this paper Astragalus meimandicus Maassoumi & Vakili as a new species and A. sparsus Del. ex Decne. as a new record are presented for the science. Ali Asghar Maassoumi, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, P. O. Box ۱۳۱۸۵-۱۱۶, Tehran, Iran. –Seyyed Mohammad Ali Vakili Shahrebabaki, Azade Eslami University, P. O. Box ۱۴۵۱۵/۷۷۵.