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.