Verbascum cheiranthifolium var. asperulum (Boiss.) Murbeck (1933: 277)

Sotoodeh, Arash, Civeyrel, L., Attar, F. & Zamani, A., 2014, Verbascum oreophilum var. oreophilum and Verbascum cheiranthifolium var. asperulum (Scrophulariaceae) two new records for the flora of Iran, Phytotaxa 178 (3), pp. 205-210 : 208

Verbascum cheiranthifolium var. asperulum (Boiss.) Murbeck (1933: 277)

V. asperulum Boissier [1844: 57] ; V. cylindraceum Freyn & Sintensis ex Freyn [1894: 295] .

Syntypes:—[ Turkey C2 Denizli] in collibus calidis regionis montanae parcius, inter Yenidje (Yenice) et Gheyra (Geyre), Boissier ( G); [ CI Aydin] in vallibus Mesogis (Cevizli Da.) circa Derwend, vi 1842, Boissier ( G) .

Notes:—This taxon has not been recorded previously from Iran; we report it from northwest Iran in Azerbaijan in this paper ( Fig. 1 ). As noted below, Verbascum cheiranthifolium var. asperulum differs from var. transcaspicum on its calyx size and capsule shape ( Fig. 4 )

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FIGURE 1. Distribution map of V. oreophilum var. joannis (■), V. oreophilum var. oreophilum () V. cheiranthifolium var. transcaspicum (),V. cheiranthifolium var. asperulum ().

FIGURE 4. Verbascum cheiranthifolium var. asperulum: Herbarium specimens from TUH.