Bufonia, L.

Ghahremaninejad, Farrokh, Ghadi, Zahra Rostami, Assadi, Mostafa & Falatoury, Atiye Nejad, 2019, A new species of Bufonia L. (Caryophyllaceae) from the Kordestan province (Iran), Adansonia (3) 41 (13), pp. 177-182 : 178

A NEW IDENTIFICATION KEY FOR BUFONIA L. SPECIES IN IRAN

1. Annual ......................................................................................................................................................... 2

— Perennial, woody at base ............................................................................................................................... 3

2. Inflorescences are often limited to the upper part of the stem, stamens 3-4 ...................... B. parviflora Grisb.

— The flowers are all along the stem, stamens 8 ........................................................................ B. oliveriana Ser.

3. Inflorescence not congested, pedicels usually longer than sepals, up to 30 mm long ..................................... 4

— Inflorescence congested, pedicels shorter up to 10 mm long ......................................................................... 6

4. Pedicel filiform ............................................................................................................................................. 5

— Pedicel not filiform ........................................................................................ B. capsularis Boiss. & Hausskn.

5. Sepals 2-3 mm long, ovate-orbiculate, apiculate, ovule 4 ................................................... B. macrocarpa Ser.

— Sepals 2.5-4 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, ovule 4-8 .................................................. B. sintenisii Freyn.

6. Sepals puberulent or velutinous..................................................................................................................... 7

— Sepals glabrous.............................................................................................................................................. 9

7. Pedicel glabrous, sepals up to 6 mm long ....................... B. iranica Z.Rostami, Assadi & F.Ghahrem. , sp. nov.

— Pedicel pubescent, sepals up to 4 mm long ..................................................................................................... 8

8. Stems branched, sepals velutinous ..................................................................................... B. hebecalyx Boiss.

— Stems usually not branched, sepals glabrous or puberulent ..................................................... B. enervis Boiss.

9. Inflorescential parts with 5-12 flowers ................................................................................ B. capitata Bornm.

— Inflorescential parts with up to 5 flowers ..................................................................................................... 10

10. Sepals 2-3 mm long ....................................................................................... B. micrantha Boiss. & Hausskn.

— Sepals longer .............................................................................................................................................. 11

11. Sepals ± 6 mm long .......................................................................................... B. calycina Boiss. & Hausskn.

— Sepals 3- 5.5 mm long ................................................................................................................................ 12

12. Ovules 2 ............................................................................................................................... B. stapfii Bornm.

— Ovules 4 ........................................................................................................................... B. kotschyana Boiss.