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A MORPHOLOGICAL SURVEY AND A TAXONOMIC REVISION OF THE GENUS SECALE L. (TRITICEAE, POACEAE) IN IRAN

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The taxonomic status of the genus Secale L. in Iran was reviewed. Morphological and taxonomic aspects of the taxa belonging to the genus were studied based on a total number of 50 accessions and 104 herbarium sheaths from a wide range of distribution of the genus in Iran. The results of this study showed that the genus Secede occurs in Iran with two species: 1Secale cereale L. subsp. cereale and subsp. ancesterale Zhuk., and 2- Secale strictum (c. Presl) C. Presl subsp, strictum var. strictum and var. ciliariglume (Boiss.) Fred. & G. Petersen.

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