PARONYCHIA LORDEGANICA (CARYOPHYLLACEAE: PARONYCHIOIDEAE) A NEW SPECIES FROM IRAN, BAKHTIARI

For the preparation of Flora of Iran Caryophyllaceae: Paronychioideae, the herbarium specimens in the herbarium of Research Institute of Forests and Ranglands (TARI) were identified. Among them a specimen that has been collected from Lordegan, Chahar Mahale Bakhtiari is named P. lordeganica and described  as a new species from Iran. This species is compared with P. caespitosa Stapf from Iran and P. boissieri Rouy and P. mesopotamica Chaudhri from the other countries as the closest relatives.