A new species of Astragalus is described: Astragalus barnasariformis sp. nov., Maassoumi, F. Ghahrem. & Bagheri. It is endemic to Zanjan province in northwestern Iran. Morphological evidence supports taxonomic placement of the new species in Astragalus sect. Trachycercis. The species appears to be most closely related to A. barnasari Grossh. and A. chalilovii.

Plantago lagocephala is recorded as a new species for the flora of Iran from Razavi Khorassan Province. It is compared with the closely related species including P. lachnantha, P. ciliata and P. psammophila. Moreover, the diagnostic morphological characters and a distribution map are provided. The conservation status of the new record is evaluated based on the IUCN red list categories and crite...

during a comprehensive study of the genus stenus (staphylinidae) along streams and river banks in iran, some ground beetles (carabidae) were also collected. in the high mountain areas along the iranian-turkish border in the province of azarbayan -e gharbi, a nebria and a deltomerus species were found. these nebria and deltomerus species were clearly different from known iranian species, but rel...