Resumen de A Contribution to Astragalus sect. Campylanthus (Fabaceae) in Iran: Two New Species and a Diagnostic Key

Shahin Zarre, Ali-Asghar Maassoumi, Dieter Podlech

• Astragalus ghanbarianii Maassoumi, Podlech & Zarre and A. nervifolius Maassoumi, Podlech & Zarre, two new species of Astragalus sect. Campylanthus Bunge (Fabaceae) from Iran, are described and illustrated. Because of the considerable changes in the delimitation of this section, a new diagnostic key to its species is presented. Moreover, A. susianus Boissier subsp. sericeus Tietz is reduced to synonymy of A. chalaranthus Boissier & Haussknecht.