taxonID	type	description	language	source
03CCA425FD24FA6737FC21503BE9F841.taxon	diagnosis	Asparagus azerbaijanensis differs from A. touranensis and A. capitatus in having: just one, terete, thorny apex cladode per fascicle (not 1 – 3, filiform, acute); a bracteole per pedicel (not a bracteole); larger scale leaf size (10 – 12 mm long, not 2.5 – 6 mm long), pedicel size (8 – 10 mm diameter, not 5 – 7 mm diameter), flower number per of branch (8 – 14, not 1 – 4), and seed size (4 – 5, not 2 – 2.5 mm diameter).	en	Hamdi, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi, Assadi, Mostafa (2017): Asparagus azerbaijanensis, a new species of Asparagus subgen. Asparagopsis (Asparagaceae) from Iran. Phytotaxa 297 (1): 93-96, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.297.1.12, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.297.1.12
03CCA425FD24FA6737FC21503BE9F841.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — IRAN. Azerbaijan prov.; 62 km Ahar to Tabriz, margin of road of Tabriz, 1400 m, 12 June 1976, Assadi and Maassoumi 20591 (holotype TARI!).	en	Hamdi, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi, Assadi, Mostafa (2017): Asparagus azerbaijanensis, a new species of Asparagus subgen. Asparagopsis (Asparagaceae) from Iran. Phytotaxa 297 (1): 93-96, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.297.1.12, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.297.1.12
03CCA425FD24FA6737FC21503BE9F841.taxon	description	Usually glaucous, perennial herbs, woody at the base; branched, long of stem, glabrous, suberect; stem 70 – 130 cm long, between distance of the branches 3 – 10 cm, between distance of the fascicle 10 – 30 mm; cladodes 1 in fascicle, 20 – 25 × 0.3 – 0.4 mm long, spinose at the apex, subequal, straight, terete, smooth. Leaves, scale like, spurred, 10 – 12 mm long; spur woody, spinose, 1.5 – 3 mm long. bracteole 1 – 2 per pedicel, 12 – 15 mm long. Pedicels 8 – 10 mm long, longer of articulate of perigone. Perigone 5.5 – 6 mm long. Flowers solitary or binary, 8 – 14 on the branches in the axils. Stamens 6, 3 – 3.3 mm long; anther 1.8 – 2 mm long. Berry 4 – 5 mm long, spherical, reddish; berry stalk 1.5 – 2 mm long. Seeds single, globose, 4 – 5 mm diameter.	en	Hamdi, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi, Assadi, Mostafa (2017): Asparagus azerbaijanensis, a new species of Asparagus subgen. Asparagopsis (Asparagaceae) from Iran. Phytotaxa 297 (1): 93-96, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.297.1.12, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.297.1.12
03CCA425FD24FA6737FC21503BE9F841.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimen examined (paratypes): — IRAN. Azerbaijan province, 15 km from main road of Makou-Bazaegan toward Kelisakandi, 1800 m, 16 August 1991, Assadi 70831 (TARI!); 13 km to Makou, on road from Marand, 1200 – 1400 m, 28 June 1975, Assadi and Mozaffarian 30105 (TARI!).	en	Hamdi, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi, Assadi, Mostafa (2017): Asparagus azerbaijanensis, a new species of Asparagus subgen. Asparagopsis (Asparagaceae) from Iran. Phytotaxa 297 (1): 93-96, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.297.1.12, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.297.1.12
03CCA425FD24FA6737FC21503BE9F841.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — This new species is found above 1400 m. It has been also found in the region of Ahar toward Tabriz (Figs. 1, 2). Its presence seems to be limited to the subalpine (Iran-Touranian province, Eurosiberian region). From a phytosociological point of view, it is part of the communities of grassland (the part of the south slope of gypsum soil).	en	Hamdi, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi, Assadi, Mostafa (2017): Asparagus azerbaijanensis, a new species of Asparagus subgen. Asparagopsis (Asparagaceae) from Iran. Phytotaxa 297 (1): 93-96, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.297.1.12, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.297.1.12
03CCA425FD24FA6737FC21503BE9F841.taxon	biology_ecology	Phenology: — The new species flowers were collected in June and fruits from June – July.	en	Hamdi, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi, Assadi, Mostafa (2017): Asparagus azerbaijanensis, a new species of Asparagus subgen. Asparagopsis (Asparagaceae) from Iran. Phytotaxa 297 (1): 93-96, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.297.1.12, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.297.1.12
03CCA425FD24FA6737FC21503BE9F841.taxon	discussion	Taxonomic relationships: — Asparagus azerbaijanensis is a perennial herb, with thorny spur, bracteole and 1 subequal cladode per fascicle. These features, in addition thorny apex of cladode, size of the scale leaf, spur, pedicel and flower number per branch, indicate that the new species differs from A. touranensis Hamdi & Assadi (2013: 44) and A. capitatus Baker (1875: 607) (Browicz 1990, Davis 1984). The Iranian species in subgen. Asparagopsis can be easily divided into two groups: one with a bracteole subtending each fascicle (including A. azebaijanensis), a second one lacking bracteoles (including A. touranensis and A. capitatus). This species is similar to A. touranensis and A. capitatus in having globose shape seed and branched stem.	en	Hamdi, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi, Assadi, Mostafa (2017): Asparagus azerbaijanensis, a new species of Asparagus subgen. Asparagopsis (Asparagaceae) from Iran. Phytotaxa 297 (1): 93-96, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.297.1.12, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.297.1.12
