The Illustrated Flora of Golestan National Park, Iran, Volume 2

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Language: English with Farsi introduction

Golestan National Park has a surface area of c. 90,000 hectares and is one of the first Iranian protected areas founded as Almeh and Ishaki Protected area in 1957 and upgraded to the first Iranian national park in 1974. The park is situated in the eastern parts of Golestan, western parts of Northern Khorassan and northern parts of Semnan Provinces. The extreme habitat and climate differences between western (Hyrcanian deciduous forest) and eastern parts (saline steppe and Juniperus woodlands) has caused unique diversification in this park.

The Illustrated Flora of Golestan National Park, Iran is published in two volumes and is the result of 35 years of intense research by the author. In total, it provides an illustrated guide and identification keys for 1430 taxa of vascular plants of the area.

The second part contains 902 taxa of flowering plants, including the second part of the Eudicot orders, namely Zygophyllales, Fabales, Rosales, Fagales, Cucurbitales, Celasterales, Oxalidales, Malpighiales, Geraniales, Myrtales, Sapindales, Malvales, Brassicales, Cornales, Ericales, Gentianales, Boraginales, Sapindales, Lamiales, Aquifoliales, Asterales, Dipsacales, and Apiales.

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