GAILLONIA DEZFULENSIS (RUBIACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM SOUTH WEST IRAN

Introduction Among the herbarium specimens collected in Khuzestan province, a collection of Gaillonia species seemed to be interesting. It seemed in the beginning that the specimens are quite distinguished among all of the Rubiaceaea members by having apparently three lobed leaves. Further studies showed that the specimens are a new species. This new species is described as Gaillonia dezfulensis in this paper.