Linaria farsensis, a new species of Linaria Miller sect. Linaria (Scrophulariaceae) from Iran

Linaria farsensis is described as a new species from Fars Province of Iran. This species belong to the section Linaria. The new species is compared with its closest relative Linaria michauxii Chav. This species is similar to Linaria michauxii Chav. in having pedicel 1-1.5 min long, obovate-orbicular leaves and stem height. It differs from Linaria michauxii in having a shorter corolla (vs. 29-43 min long), shorter spur (vs. 17-24 nun long), shorter bracts (vs. 5-14 mm long), shorter style (vs. 11 mm long), shorter stamen (vs. 13 min long), shorter capsule (vs. 5.5-12x6-10 long) and granular ornamentation pattern of cells (vs. flat ornamentation pattern of cells).