MORPHOLOGICAL, MICROMORPHOLOGICAL AND ANATOMICAL STUDIES OF CHENOPODIUM ALBUM COMPLEX IN IRAN

In Flora Iranica Chenopodium album L. includes two subspecies as Ch. album subsp. album and Ch.. album subsp. iranicum. In Flora of Iran Chenopodium album includes three subspecies as Ch. album subsp. album, Ch. album subsp. iranicum and Ch. album subsp. striatum. In this research Chenopodium album subsp. iranicum is transferred to a higher level as Chenopodium iranicum. This combination is made on the base of results of morphological studies, and SEM studies of the seed coat surface, ornamentation of pollen grain, leaf and stem anatomy.