Asparagus khorasanensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from Iran

✍ Scribed by S. M. M. Hamdi; M. Assadi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 476 KB
• Volume: 120
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0014-8962
• DOI: 10.1002/fedr.200911120

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Asparagus khorasanensis is described as a new species from Khorasan province. This species belongs to the section Asparagus. The new species is compared with its closest relative Asparagus breslerianus Schult. (1830). This species is similar to Asparagus breslerianus Schult. (1830) in having unequal cladodes, height stems, scale leaves. Asparagus khorasanensis differs from A. breslerianus in having a higher cladod number (2–4 vs. 1–3), a higher cladod diameter (1.5–2 vs. 1–1.5 mm), longer internodes (5–15 vs. 15–20 mm), longer scale like leaves (2–2.5 vs. 0.5–0.7 mm), one flowers at base of branches vs. two flowers, longer anther (3–4 vs. 1.7–2 mm), bigger berries (7–8 vs. 5–5.5 mm), longer surface of periclinal cell wall (32–48 (–50) × 12–2–(–23) vs. 12–36 (–40) × 12–18(–20) µm), surface of periclinal cell wall is convex vs. surface of periclinal cell wall is concave and shape of surface cells of seed. (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)