taxonID	type	description	language	source
7509C479FFC87173339EF9CB7AC596FC.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — IRAN. Prov. Khorasan: SW Bojnord Reen, Topalraie village, 37 º 29 ʹ N, 57 º 02 ʹ E, 1950 – 2050 m, 7 June 2006, Memariani, Zangooei & Arjmandi 37924 (holotype FUMH!; isotype FUMH, photograph and fragment of plant in BASU). Perennial, erect, slender herbs, up to 75 cm high. Stem simple, unbranched, pubescent to approximately glabrous above. Leaves slightly coriaceous, pilose hairy on both surfaces. Lower leaves approximately entire, oblanceolate, ca. 12 × 2.4 cm, subacute at apex, serrate, with ca. six teeth on one side, 0.8 – 1.2 mm long; angle of teeth with reference to the midrib ca. 45 º. Cauline leaves lyrate lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 12.5 – 13 × 0.8 – 1.5 cm, with 6 lateral segments; lateral segments linear-oblong, 1 – 4.5 × 0.2 – 0.7 cm, entire, acute at apex; terminal segment larger than lateral ones, lanceolate or oblong to lanceolate, 10.5 – 11.5 × 1.5 – 1.8 cm, acute at apex, serrate, with ca. six teeth in one side, 1 – 1.5 mm long, angle of teeth ca. 30 º – 45 º; midrib of adaxial leaf lamina prominently raised but inconspicuous at end; secondary nerves not raised. Leaves not present at upper region of stem. Peduncle ca. 55 cm long, glabrous. Capitula globose or ovoid, ca. 2.2 cm in diameter in flower, subradiant. Involucral bracts in two series, ovate, 4.8 – 5 × 2.5 – 3 mm, obtuse at apex, green, blackish at apex, tomentose; hairs up to 2 mm long. Receptacular bracts in six series, rhombic to narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 6 – 9 × 3 – 4 mm; spine 1 – 1.5 mm long, blackish, straw-coloured at base on dorsal surface, acute or acuminate at apex (1 – 1.5 mm long), pilose or sericeous, ciliate at margins. Calyx cupuliform, 1 – 1.2 × 1.5 mm, pubescent, with irregular teeth 1 – 1.5 mm long. Corolla 10 – 12 mm long, yellow, densely covered with appressed hairs outside; stamens slightly longer than corolla; anthers deeply yellow. Involucel 2.5 – 3 × 1.5 mm in flower, 4 - angled, hairy, with 4 long and 4 short teeth at apex; longer teeth 2 – 2.5 mm long, shorter teeth 0.5 – 1 mm long.	en	Ranjbar, Massoud, Ranjbar, Zahra (2015): Taxonomic notes on the Cephalaria sect. Atrocephalae (Caprifoliaceae) from Iran. Phytotaxa 217 (2): 173-181, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.217.2.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.217.2.7
7509C479FFC87173339EF9CB7AC596FC.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The specific epithet refers to Bojnord city, where the new species was found. Additional specimens examined: — IRAN: Khorasan: Bojnord, between Meidan and Takht e Mirza village, 2 July 1986, Joharchi & Zangooei 14728 (FUMH!); Faruj 8 km to Oghaz Taze 37 ° 26 ʹ N – 58 ° 14 ʹ E, 1950 – 2050 m, 16 June 2009, Memariani & Zangooei 43095 (FUMH!); Faruj, Kuran Kordieh 37 ° 25 ʹ N – 58 ° 16 ʹ E, 1550 – 1575 m, 7 June 2009, Memariani & Zangooei 42895 (FUMH!).	en	Ranjbar, Massoud, Ranjbar, Zahra (2015): Taxonomic notes on the Cephalaria sect. Atrocephalae (Caprifoliaceae) from Iran. Phytotaxa 217 (2): 173-181, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.217.2.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.217.2.7
7509C479FFC87173339EF9CB7AC596FC.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — C. bojnordensis occurs in Bojnord (Reen) which is a mountainous region located on the north-facing slopes of central areas of the Aladagh Mountain Range in North province, north-east Iran. The area belongs phytogeographically to the Irano-Turanian are. The species grows in stony, gravel and rocky soils at an elevation of 1950 – 2050 m. Other plants that co-occur in the area are Oxytropis sojakii Vassilcz., O. kopetdaghensis Gontsch., Hedysarum kopetdaghi Boriss., Klasea latifolia (Boiss.) L. Martins, Centaurea virgata Lam., Alyssum linifolium Stephan ex Willd., Poa bulbosa L. and Crataegus melanocarpa M. Bieb. Relationships: — C. bojnordensis belongs to C. section Atrocephalae, which includes perennial taxa with lyrate leaves that are pinnatisect and serrate at the margins and receptacular bracts that are acute or acuminate and dark brown to black. C. bojnordensis is notable as it is the only single cauline species of C. section Atrocephalae in Iran. It is similar to C. microcephala in some characters such as the petiole length of basal leaf, middle leaf shape and number of segments or lobes, leaf margin, capitula size, involucel teeth, involucral bracts size and shape but differs in some important characters given above and in Table 1.	en	Ranjbar, Massoud, Ranjbar, Zahra (2015): Taxonomic notes on the Cephalaria sect. Atrocephalae (Caprifoliaceae) from Iran. Phytotaxa 217 (2): 173-181, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.217.2.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.217.2.7
7509C479FFCD7173339EF9A079CF948C.taxon	materials_examined	Type: [N. Iran] in fauce Dudera montis Elbrus Persiae borealis, 1.7.1843, Kotschy 422 (G-Boiss., G, W, WAG). (lectotype, here designated, G-Boiss!, G 330273! [Fig. 3]; isolectotypes KEW!, WAG!, W). Original material of Cephalaria microcephala collected by Kotschy in 1843 has been located at G-Boiss (G 00330273 [Fig. 3], G 00360035, G 00360036, G 00360037, K 000779006, WAG 0004290). Boissier (1856) cited these specimens from Iran in the protologue, but did not designate a type. Lack in 1983, examined some of these specimens and designated a G-Boiss specimen as the type on a determination slip, but apparently did not publish his choice. We confirm that the G-Boiss specimen (Kotschy 422, G 00330273) was certainly examined by Boissier and select it as the lectotype of Cephalaria microcephala.	en	Ranjbar, Massoud, Ranjbar, Zahra (2015): Taxonomic notes on the Cephalaria sect. Atrocephalae (Caprifoliaceae) from Iran. Phytotaxa 217 (2): 173-181, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.217.2.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.217.2.7
