A taxonomic revision of Scutellari a sect. Lupulinaria subsect. Lupulinaria (Lamiaceae) in Iran

A taxonomic revision of Scutellaria L. sect. Lupulinaria subsect . Lupulinaria (Lamiaceae) for Iran is presented. The present study is based on morphological characters of the specimens from the authors’ expeditions and other herbarium collections. A new species is described and one subspecies is elevated to the species rank. In addition, Scutellaria chorassanica Bunge is treated as a distinct species. With this treatment the number of species in subsect . Lupulinaria in the country is increased to 25 taxa (21 species and 4 subspecies) enumerated here. Lectotypes are also designated for S. araxensis, S. litwinowii , S. luteocaerulea , S. mianensis, S. persica , S. theobromina and S. tomentosa . Finally, a key to all species of the section is provided.