NOTES ON SOME SPECIES OF THE GENUS DELPHINIUM (RANUNCULACEAE) IN IRAN

During the taxonomic revision of the genus Delphinium in Iran, Delphinium kurdicum Boiss. Hohen. was identified among the herbarium specimens. This species is reported as a new record for the flora of Iran. Also, D. zalil Aitch. Hemsl. is introduced as a distinct species from D. semibarbatum Bienert ex Boiss. The species is compared with a closely related species, D. ochrolecum Stev. ex DC. Morphological, palynological and tepal epidermal patterns of the taxa concerned have been investigated and the results are presented here. A new identification key for all of the yellow flowering Delphinium species in Iran is given.