NEW DATA ON RARE SPECIES GROSSHEIMIA AHVERDOVII (ASTERACEAE) IN ARMENIA
Keywords:
Grossheimia ahverdovii, flora of subalpine belt of ArmeniaAbstract
Two new populations of Grossheimia ahverdovii (Gabrielian) Gabrielian are found on one of the eastern spurs of northern extremity of Gegham Mountain Range (Armenia). In Armenia this rare species hasn’t been found since 1968 and the herbarium material was represented only with two sheets of type specimens. G. ahverdovii is mentioned for the first time for Sevan floristic region.
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