identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
038C87BDEE0AFFCAFEE2FC03FAC852B4.text	038C87BDEE0AFFCAFEE2FC03FAC852B4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cotoneaster MEDIK.	<div><p>IDENTIFICATION KEY BASED ON MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS OF THE NEW RECORDS AND REPORTS OF COTONEASTER MEDIK. SPECIES PLUS THEIR CLOSEST RELATIVES</p><p>1. Leaves often more than 15 mm ................................................................................................................... 2</p><p>— Leaves often less than 15 mm ...................................................................................................................... 9</p><p>2. Lower leaf surface glabrous .......................................................................................................................... 3</p><p>– Lower leaf surface tomentose ....................................................................................................................... 4</p><p>3. Leaves base broadly cuneate, apex obtuse to rounded upper surface light green, fruit light red ....................... .......................................................................................................................... Cotoneaster multiflorus Bunge</p><p>– Leaves base narrowly cuneate, apex obtuse to rounded upper surface dark green, fruit purple-black ............... ................................................................................................................................ Cotoneaster meyeri Pojark.</p><p>4. Leaves long elliptic, long ovate or obovate (length of leaves more than 1.5 × width of leaves) ...................... 5</p><p>– Leaves broadly elliptic to suborbicular (length of leaves less than 1.5 × width of leaves) ............................... 6</p><p>5. Leaves elliptic-rhombic, apex obtuse, fruit black ...................................................... Cotoneaster suavis Pojark.</p><p>– Leaves obovate, apex rounded to truncate, fruit rich red ......................... Cotoneaster aitchisonii C.K.Schneid.</p><p>6. Fruit red, petioles often ≤ 5 mm .................................................................................................................. 7</p><p>– Fruit dark purple to black, petioles often ≥ 6 mm ........................................................................................ 8</p><p>7. Leaves obovate to elliptic, sepals erect, tomentose ....................................... Cotoneaster transcaucasicus Pojark.</p><p>– Leaves obovate to ovate, sepals flat, subglabrous ........................ Cotoneaster nummularius Fisch. &amp; C.A.Mey.</p><p>8. Leaves elliptic-rhombic, base cuneate, lax inflorescence, fruit obovate to globose ... Cotoneaster insignis Pojark.</p><p>– Leaves elliptic-orbicular, base rounded to obtuse, compact inflorescence fruit globose .................................... ............................................................................................................. Cotoneaster ellipticus (Lindl.) Loudon</p><p>9. Leaves mostly long ovate or long elliptic .................................................................................................... 10</p><p>– Leaves mostly wide elliptic to orbicular ..................................................................................................... 11</p><p>10. Leaves base obtuse to rounded, apex acute to obtuse ............................................ Cotoneaster persicus Pojark.</p><p>– Leaves base cuneate to broadly cuneate, apex rounded .................................... Cotoneaster afghanicus G.Klotz</p><p>11. Leaves broadly elliptic, fruit black, pedicels up to 4 mm ..................................... Cotoneaster kotschyi G.Klotz</p><p>– Leaves orbicular, fruit light red, pedicels up to 2 mm (sometime without pedicles) ........................................ ........................................................................................................................... Cotoneaster minutus G.Klotz</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C87BDEE0AFFCAFEE2FC03FAC852B4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Niaki, Nemat Allah Raei;Attar, Farideh;Zamani, Asghar;Maroofi, Hossein;Joharchi, Mohammad Reza	Niaki, Nemat Allah Raei, Attar, Farideh, Zamani, Asghar, Maroofi, Hossein, Joharchi, Mohammad Reza (2022): Five new records and two new reports of Cotoneaster Medik. (Rosaceae) for the Flora of Iran. Adansonia (3) 44 (14): 141-152, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2022v44a14
038C87BDEE0DFFCDFC28FAB9FA0B52B3.text	038C87BDEE0DFFCDFC28FAB9FA0B52B3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cotoneaster minutus G. Klotz	<div><p>Cotoneaster minutus G.Klotz</p><p>(Fig. 3)</p><p>Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe, Halle 12: 763 (Klotz 1963).</p><p>TYPUS. — Kashmir. Near Chara- i- Sharif, Srinagar, 25.X.1962, H. Meusel s.n. (holo-, HAL) .</p><p>SPECIMENS EXAMINED.— Iran. Province Khorassan, Bojnord, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=56.463055&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.396114" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 56.463055/lat 37.396114)">Ghorkhod</a> protected region, 37°23’46”N, 56°27’47”E, 1660 m, 20.IX.2011, Memariani &amp; Arjmandi 44626 (FUMH) .</p><p>NOTE</p><p>This species is morphologically close to C. kotschyi (C. K. Schneid.) G. Klotz . The latter species is widely distributed in Iran (Riedl 1969; Khatamsaz 1992). However, C. minutus differs from the C. kotschyi by the small (up to 7 mm vs 6-14 mm in length) and orbicular leaves (vs elliptic-ovate) and the light red fruits (vs black- purple) (Fig. 3A, B). This species occurs in Afghanistan, Kashmir (Fryer &amp; Hylmö 2009) and Iran.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C87BDEE0DFFCDFC28FAB9FA0B52B3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Niaki, Nemat Allah Raei;Attar, Farideh;Zamani, Asghar;Maroofi, Hossein;Joharchi, Mohammad Reza	Niaki, Nemat Allah Raei, Attar, Farideh, Zamani, Asghar, Maroofi, Hossein, Joharchi, Mohammad Reza (2022): Five new records and two new reports of Cotoneaster Medik. (Rosaceae) for the Flora of Iran. Adansonia (3) 44 (14): 141-152, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2022v44a14
038C87BDEE0DFFCDFEE0F979FA915071.text	038C87BDEE0DFFCDFEE0F979FA915071.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cotoneaster transcaucasicus Pojark.	<div><p>Cotoneaster transcaucasicus Pojark.</p><p>(Fig. 2)</p><p>Botanicheskogo Instituta Imeni V. L. Komarova Akademii Nauk SSSR, Leningrad [St. Petersburg] 21: 162, t. 1 (Pojarkova 1961).</p><p>TYPUS. — Armenia, Mergi, between Lischk and Pirmazra; Pojarkova 733 (holo-, LE) .</p><p>SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Iran. Province Kurdistan, Baneh, Kanibard village, 15.IX.2006, Maroofi &amp; Mansoori 8428 (HKS); Baneh to Sardasht, toward to Bolhasan village, 21.X.2003, Maroofi &amp; Naseri 6520 (HKS); c. 35 km from west of Baneh to Sardasht, Namazgah village, 10.X.2005, Maroofi &amp; Mansoori 7557 (HKS) .</p><p>NOTE</p><p>According to Browicz 1972, this species which is distributed in Armenia and northeast Turkey, was observed among herbarium specimens at HKS (Fig. 2A). C. transcaucasicus is the closest relative of C. nummularius Fisch.&amp; C.A.Mey. (Browicz 1972) . Generally, these species have some similarities in features of leaves (size) fruit color (red), calyx orientation, indumentum of all parts except in sepals. On the other hand, there are a few remarkable differences between these species: C. transcaucasicus is distinguished by obovate leaves with cuneate base and widely rounded-emarginate apex (Fig. 2B) and tomentose sepals in fruit from C. ellipticus with elliptic- ovate leaves widely cuneate to rounded base, obtuse apex and glabrous sepals.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C87BDEE0DFFCDFEE0F979FA915071	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Niaki, Nemat Allah Raei;Attar, Farideh;Zamani, Asghar;Maroofi, Hossein;Joharchi, Mohammad Reza	Niaki, Nemat Allah Raei, Attar, Farideh, Zamani, Asghar, Maroofi, Hossein, Joharchi, Mohammad Reza (2022): Five new records and two new reports of Cotoneaster Medik. (Rosaceae) for the Flora of Iran. Adansonia (3) 44 (14): 141-152, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2022v44a14
038C87BDEE0EFFCEFEFDFF15FD2C56AF.text	038C87BDEE0EFFCEFEFDFF15FD2C56AF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cotoneaster afghanicus G. Klotz	<div><p>Cotoneaster afghanicus G.Klotz</p><p>(Fig. 4)</p><p>Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Reihe, Halle 15: 532 (Klotz 1966).</p><p>TYPUS. — Afghanistan. Kuram Valley, XII.1879, J. E. T. Aitchison 363 (holo-, DD; iso-, A, BM, CAL) .</p><p>SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Iran. Province Khorasan, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=56.72778&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.396114" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 56.72778/lat 37.396114)">Bazangan</a>, 37°76’46”N, 56°43’40”E, 1500 m, 06.VI.1996, Faghihnia &amp; Zangooei 27111 (FUMH); Bazangan, 36°16’44”N, 60°23’38”E, 1480 m, 25.VIII.2009, Joharchi &amp; Arjmandi 43318 (FUMH); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=56.463055&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.396114" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 56.463055/lat 37.396114)">West of Bojnord</a>, Ghorkhod protected region, 37°23’46”N, 56°27’47”E, 1660 m, 20.IX.2011, Memariani &amp; Arjmandi 44626 (FUMH) .</p><p>NOTE</p><p>This species is morphologically close to C. persicus Pojark. (Raei Niaki 2019) The latter is widely distributed in Fars, Isfahan, and Kerman provinces (Khatamsaz 1992). Leaves of both species are small and ovate with red fruits. However, C. afghanicus differs from C. persicus in its obtuse to rounded apex of leaves (vs acute), base of leaves rounded to obtuse (vs cuneate to narrowly cuneate), and 1-4 flowers per inflorescence (vs 5-8 flowers) (Fig. 4A, B). This species occurs in Afghanistan, Kashmir (Fryer &amp; Hylmö 2009) and Iran.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C87BDEE0EFFCEFEFDFF15FD2C56AF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Niaki, Nemat Allah Raei;Attar, Farideh;Zamani, Asghar;Maroofi, Hossein;Joharchi, Mohammad Reza	Niaki, Nemat Allah Raei, Attar, Farideh, Zamani, Asghar, Maroofi, Hossein, Joharchi, Mohammad Reza (2022): Five new records and two new reports of Cotoneaster Medik. (Rosaceae) for the Flora of Iran. Adansonia (3) 44 (14): 141-152, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2022v44a14
038C87BDEE0EFFCEFF19FBF8FCA25271.text	038C87BDEE0EFFCEFF19FBF8FCA25271.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cotoneaster aitchisonii C. K. Schneid.	<div><p>Cotoneaster aitchisonii C.K.Schneid.</p><p>(Fig. 5)</p><p>Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, Band 1: 749 (Scheneider 1906).</p><p>TYPUS. — Afghanistan. Kuram district, 5.VII.1880, J. E. T. Aitchison 277 (lecto-, K; iso-, A) .</p><p>SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Iran. Province Khorasan, Bojnord, 37°50’31”N, 57°31’25”E, 1593 m, 03.X.2009, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=58.07861&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=36.080276" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 58.07861/lat 36.080276)">Memariani</a>, Zangooei &amp; Arjmandi 43351, 43353 (FUMH); Chenaran, Ferizi, 36°4’49”N, 58°4’43”E, 2050 m, 31.X.2009, Arjmandi &amp; Zangooei 43442 (FUMH) .</p><p>NOTE</p><p>The closest morphologically relative of C. aitchisonii is C. suavis Pojark. (Raei Niaki 2019). They share many similar characters, e.g., habit, the large leaves with a villose lower surface, long petiole (c. 4-12), dense inflorescence (7-15 flowers), and navel open in fruit. C. aitchisonii can be readily separated from C. suavis by its obovate leaves (vs elliptic- rhombic), leaves apex rounded to acute (Fig. 5A, B) (vs obtuse), red fruit (vs black), succulent fruits of 7-10 mm diam., (vs non-succulent of 6-8 mm diam. fruit) (Fig. 5). This species occurs in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir (Fryer &amp; Hylmö 2009) and Iran.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C87BDEE0EFFCEFF19FBF8FCA25271	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Niaki, Nemat Allah Raei;Attar, Farideh;Zamani, Asghar;Maroofi, Hossein;Joharchi, Mohammad Reza	Niaki, Nemat Allah Raei, Attar, Farideh, Zamani, Asghar, Maroofi, Hossein, Joharchi, Mohammad Reza (2022): Five new records and two new reports of Cotoneaster Medik. (Rosaceae) for the Flora of Iran. Adansonia (3) 44 (14): 141-152, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2022v44a14
038C87BDEE0EFFCEFF12F8BEFB84560F.text	038C87BDEE0EFFCEFF12F8BEFB84560F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cotoneaster ellipticus Loudon	<div><p>Cotoneaster ellipticus Hort ex Loudon</p><p>(Fig. 6)</p><p>An Encyclopaedia of Plants [2nd ed]: 1208 (Loudon 1841).</p><p>TYPUS. — Kashmir. Waziristan, J. L. Stewart 274b (lecto-, K) .</p><p>SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Iran. Khorasan, Bojnord, 1593 m, 37°50’31”N, 57°31’25”E, 03.X.2009, Memariani, Zangooei &amp; Arjmandi 43358 (FUMH); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=56.785&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.444168" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 56.785/lat 37.444168)">West of Bojnord</a>, 37°26’39”N, 56°47’06”E, 1425 m, 09.VIII.2008, Memariani, Zangooei &amp; Arjmandi 41331 (FUMH) .</p><p>NOTE</p><p>The closest relative of this species is C. insignis . C. insignis is diagnosed by having elliptic-obovate leaves, 30-60 × 20- 40 mm, base widely to narrowly cuneate, upper surface midgreen; petiole 5-10 mm; lax inflorescence, 6-20- flowered inflorescence and peduncle up to 20 mm. While C. ellipticus is distinguished by having orbicular- elliptic leaves (20-40 × 20-34 mm), base widely obtuse to rounded, upper surface dark bluish green; petiole 4-7 mm; compact inflorescence, 5-13- flowered inflorescence and peduncle up to 9 mm (Fig. 6). This species occurs in Pakistan, Kashmir (Fryer &amp; Hylmö 2009) and Iran.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C87BDEE0EFFCEFF12F8BEFB84560F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Niaki, Nemat Allah Raei;Attar, Farideh;Zamani, Asghar;Maroofi, Hossein;Joharchi, Mohammad Reza	Niaki, Nemat Allah Raei, Attar, Farideh, Zamani, Asghar, Maroofi, Hossein, Joharchi, Mohammad Reza (2022): Five new records and two new reports of Cotoneaster Medik. (Rosaceae) for the Flora of Iran. Adansonia (3) 44 (14): 141-152, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2022v44a14
038C87BDEE0EFFCEFC3BFC58FBED52B3.text	038C87BDEE0EFFCEFC3BFC58FBED52B3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cotoneaster meyeri Pojark.	<div><p>Cotoneaster meyeri Pojark.</p><p>(Fig. 7)</p><p>Botanicheskogo Instituta Imeni V. L. Komarova Akademii Nauk SSSR, Leningrad [St. Petersburg] 17: 185 (Pojarkova 1955).</p><p>TYPUS. — Azarbaijan. In vicinitate urbis Kirovabad ( Gandsha) ad ripam dextram fluvii Kjurai-Czai s.d., Pojarkova 289 (holo-, LE) .</p><p>SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Iran. Province East Azerbaijan, Arasbaran protected area, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=51.305&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=36.224445" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 51.305/lat 36.224445)">Kalaleh village</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=51.305&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=36.224445" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 51.305/lat 36.224445)">Soulidareh</a>, 38°57’1”N, 46°44’4”E, 800 m, 26.VII.1993, Ghahremani &amp; Talebpur 2770 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=51.305&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=36.224445" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 51.305/lat 36.224445)">Herbarium of Tabriz</a>). — Province Mazandaran, 7 km after Pole-Zanguleh to Chalus, 36°13’28”N, 51°18’18”E, 2028 m, 24. V.2016, Raei Niaki &amp; Mahdigholi 46883 (TUH) .</p><p>REMARK</p><p>C. meyeri is reported from north Iran in Mazandaran province (Fig. 7A). The species belongs to subgenus Chaenopetalum (Fryer &amp; Hylmö 2009). This species is related to C. multiflorus Bunge (Browicz 1972), from which it differs for its black-purple fruits (vs light red to red), acute to obtuse (vs obtuse to rounded) and shorter leaves (15- 39 mm vs 20-55 mm), fewer- flowered inflorescence (5-8 vs 5-13) and indumentum of pedicel in fruit (glabrous vs thinly tomentose) (Fig. 7B). The geographical distribution of the species is Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan (Riedl 1969; Pojarkova 1971; Fryer &amp; Hylmö 2009) and Iran.</p><p>NOTE</p><p>C. meyeri was not previously reported from the flora of Iran (Riedl 1969). Later, this species was reported there without locality information (Fryer &amp; Hylmö 2009). In the framework of this paper, this species was collected again, and it is reported for Flora of Iran.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C87BDEE0EFFCEFC3BFC58FBED52B3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Niaki, Nemat Allah Raei;Attar, Farideh;Zamani, Asghar;Maroofi, Hossein;Joharchi, Mohammad Reza	Niaki, Nemat Allah Raei, Attar, Farideh, Zamani, Asghar, Maroofi, Hossein, Joharchi, Mohammad Reza (2022): Five new records and two new reports of Cotoneaster Medik. (Rosaceae) for the Flora of Iran. Adansonia (3) 44 (14): 141-152, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2022v44a14
038C87BDEE05FFC5FED6FF15FDFA5011.text	038C87BDEE05FFC5FED6FF15FDFA5011.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cotoneaster insignis Pojark.	<div><p>Cotoneaster insignis Pojark.</p><p>(Fig. 8)</p><p>Flora URSS (Flora Unionis Rerumpublicarum Sovieticarum Socialisticarum) 9: 330 (Pojarkova 1939).</p><p>TYPE. — Described after a cultivated specimen (probably from Kashmir) (holo-, LE) .</p><p>SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Iran. Province Kurdistan, west of Baneh to <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=45.7&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=36.066666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 45.7/lat 36.066666)">Sardasht</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=45.7&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=36.066666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 45.7/lat 36.066666)">Namazgah village</a>, 16.X.2006, Maroofi &amp; Mansoori 8757 (HKS); west of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=45.7&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=36.066666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 45.7/lat 36.066666)">Baneh</a> to <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=45.7&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=36.066666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 45.7/lat 36.066666)">Sardasht</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=45.7&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=36.066666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 45.7/lat 36.066666)">Namazgah village</a>, 36°04’N, 45°42’E, 1591 m, 18.VIII.2007, Attar, Raei Niaki &amp; Zamani 37454 (TUH) .</p><p>REMARK</p><p>Reviewing different plants collected from Kurdistan province, C. insignis is reported as a new record from Iran (Fig. 8A). The species belongs to subgenus Chaenopetalum (Fryer &amp; Hylmö 2009). As noted above, C. insignis and C. ellipticus are closest relatives. Other than morphological differences, these species are geographically distinct. So, C. insignis occurs in west of Iran, while C. ellipticus occurs in the northeast of Iran. Consequently, the morphological differences and the discontinuous distribution provide sufficient evidence for treating C. ellipticus and C. insignis as separate species. The geographical distribution of the C. insignis is Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, India, northwestern Himalaya (Riedl 1969; Pojarkova 1971; Fryer &amp; Hylmö 2009) and west of Iran.</p><p>NOTE</p><p>This species has been reported from Iran without mention of the locality (Riedl 1969). So, this species was not verified as a native species for Iran (Khatamsaz 1992). However, this species was found from west Iran and is introduced as a new record based on the collected data.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C87BDEE05FFC5FED6FF15FDFA5011	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Niaki, Nemat Allah Raei;Attar, Farideh;Zamani, Asghar;Maroofi, Hossein;Joharchi, Mohammad Reza	Niaki, Nemat Allah Raei, Attar, Farideh, Zamani, Asghar, Maroofi, Hossein, Joharchi, Mohammad Reza (2022): Five new records and two new reports of Cotoneaster Medik. (Rosaceae) for the Flora of Iran. Adansonia (3) 44 (14): 141-152, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2022v44a14
