Cyanus tabrizianus Ranjbar & Negaresh (Asteraceae), a new species from Iran Author Ranjbar, Massoud Department of Biology, Herbarium division, Bu-Ali-Sina University, PO Box 65175 / 4161, Hamedan, Iran. ranjbar@basu.ac.ir Author Negaresh, Kazem Department of Biology, Herbarium division, Bu-Ali-Sina University, PO Box 65175 / 4161, Hamedan, Iran. Author Karamian, Roya Department of Biology, Herbarium division, Bu-Ali-Sina University, PO Box 65175 / 4161, Hamedan, Iran. text Candollea 2013 2013-12-01 68 2 187 192 journal article 3191 10.15553/c2012v682a1 1f3dfc25-364e-480e-88bf-79c4c8cac278 2235-3658 5747091

Table 1. – Morphological comparison of Cyanus tabrizianus Ranjbar & Negaresh with C. cheiranthifolius (Willd.) Soják, C. triumfetti (All.) Á. Löve, C. willdenowii (Czerep.) Soják and C. nigrifimbrius (K. Koch) Soják.

	C. tabrizianus	C. cheiranthifolius C. triumfetti	C. willdenowii	C. nigrifimbrius
Stem	branched often from median to upper parts, sparingly branched at the base	simple or with few short branches simple or with few branches, erect simple, ascending-arcuate, some- in upper part, decumbent to rarely ascending times erect ascending		usually simple sometimes with few short branches in upper part, erect or ascending
Leaves indumentum	floccose-tomentose	floccose to villose-tomentose tomentose sometimes glabrescent	arachnoid-tomentose	floccose-tomentose
Stem leaves	not decurrent, entire	narrowly decurrent, entire or with narrowly decurrent, entire or few coarse teeth rarely pinnatilobate	narrowly decurrent, sometimes broadly decurrent, entire to deeply sinuate or pinnatifid	broadly decurrent sometimes forming 3-6 mm wide wings at the place of attachment of lamina, entire
Basal leaves	linear and entire	lanceolate, entire or with 1-2(-3) broadly lanceolate to linear-lan- pairs of lobes or with coarse teeth ceolate, entire or rarely with coarse teeth	lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, entire to deeply sinuate or pinnatifid	oblong-lanceolate and entire
Upper stem leaves	linear to linear-filiform	lanceolate to linear-lanceolate broadly lanceolate to linear- lanceolate	lanceolate-oblong to linear	lanceolate
Upper stem leaves apex	mucronate, sometimes squarrose	short acuminate to subobtuse obtuse or acute	short acuminate to obtuse	acuminate, sometimes short cuspidate
Involucres [mm]	cylindrical, cylindrical-cupuliform, cupuliform to subglobose, cupuliform, 13-18 × 10-20 18-25 × 15-25 15-22 × (13-)15-20		ovoid or globose-ovoid, 18-22(-25) × 12-15(-18)	cup-shaped or ovate-oblong, 17-22 × 13-17
Outer phyllaries indumentum	loosely pubescent	glabrescent glabrescent	glabrescent	subglabrescent
Phyllaries appendage: width of scarious margin without cilia [mm]	0.2-0.8	1-1.5 0.5-1.5	–	1-1.5
Peripheral floret color and length [mm]	white, ca. 29	white or purple-violet, blue, rarely pink or violet-purple, 30- 40(- 45) 35- 40	purple or pinkish-purple, 28-37(- 40)	blue, (30-)35- 40