A NEW SPECIES OF LINARIA SECT. DIFFUSAE (SCROPHULARIACEAE) FROM IRAN

Linaria boushehrensis (Scrophulariaceae) is described as a new species from Boushehr and Khuzestan provinces. This species belongs to the section Difusae. The new species is compared with its closest relative Linaria albifrons. Linaria boushehrensis differs from L. albifrons in having longer bracts, corolla and spur and also smaller capsules and different microsculpturing pattern of the seed and capsule surfaces.