Echinops lalesarensis var. adenocaulis Bornmüller (1918: 203),

Montazerolghaem, Somayeh, Rahiminejad, Mohammad Reza, Mozaffarian, Valiollah & Susanna, Alfonso, 2016, Taxonomic notes on the genus Echinops (Compositae, Cardueae-Echinopsinae) in Iran, Phytotaxa 263 (2), pp. 81-97 : 94

5. Echinops lalesarensis Bornmüller (1918: 202) .

Type:— IRAN. Kerman: in regione inferiore montis Kuh Lalesar prope pagum Lalesar c. 3000 m, July 1892, Bornmüller 4055 (W!, WU!, B!).

= Echinops lalesarensis var. adenocaulis Bornmüller (1918: 203) , syn. nov.

Type:— IRAN. Kerman: in regione inferiore montis Kuh Lalesar prope pagum Lalesar c. 3000 m, July 1892, Bornmüller 4055 p.p. ( B!).

Echinops lalesarensis var. adenocaulis was described by Bornmüller (1918). The epithet “ adenocaulis ” means glandular stem. Examination of herbarium sheets of E. lalesarensis deposited in W, WU, B, TARI and HUI confirms the presence of glandular hairs on the stem, so that this variety is proposed as a synonym of E. lalesarensis .

Specimens examined:— IRAN. Kerman: in regione inferiore montis Kuh Lalesar prope pagum Lalesar c. 3000 m, July 1892, Bornmüller 4055 ( W!, WU!, B!) ; Persiae austr. inter prov. Kerman: in regione inferiore montis Kuh Lalesar prope pagum Lalesar c. 3000 m, July 1892, Bornmüller 4055 p.p. ( B!) ; Kerman: road from Negar to Lalezar to Baft , ca. 2770 m, 28 August 1998, Mozaffarian & Maasoumi 78345 ( TARI!) ; Fars: 49 km from Sourmagh towards dehbid, 2210 m, 29 June 1989, Zehzad et al. 66870 ( TARI!) ; Yazd: Harat, between Kurkhengun and Khansar , ca. 1900 m, 18 June 1997, Mozaffarian 77809 ( TARI!) ; Fars: between Abade and dehbid, Gardan-e Kolikosh , 2450 m, 28 June 2000, Mozaffarian 80341 ( TARI!) ; Kerman: Jupar , neck munt. between Ghariyatolarab and Chahartagh, ca. 2700 m, Mozaffarian & Maasoumi 78344 ( TARI!) ; Kerman: 38 km from Baft to Sirjan , 2060 m, 5 May 2000, Mozaffarian 79889 ( TARI!) ; Kerman: Kerman to Baft, road ca. 15 km to Baft , 2700 m, 5 June 1977, Assadi & Miller 25087 ( TARI!) ; Kerman: near Lalezar , 2400 m, 6 July 1981, Heravi & Jaafari 516 ( TARI!) ; Kerman: Baft to Kerman, Kiskan foot Mount of Lalezar , 2450 m, 4 May 2000, Mozaffarian 79886 ( TARI!) ; Kerman: ca. 25 km from Abaregh to Dehbakri to Jiroft , 1750 m, 3 May 2000, Mozaffarian 79873 ( TARI!) ; Kerman: road to Jiroft, Deh-Bakri , ca. 2150 m, s.d. Mozaffarian & Maassoumi 78326 ( TARI!) ; Kerman: ca. 25 km from Jiroft to Bam , 570 m, 3 May 2000, Mozaffarian 79878, 79879 ( TARI!) ; Kerman: Sarduieh , ca. 2600 m, 24 August 1998, Mozaffarian & Maassoumi 78331 ( TARI!) ; Kerman: Bam to Jiroft, Mohammad Abad-e Maskun , 1100 m, 3 May 2000, Mozaffarian 79875 ( TARI!) ; Kerman: on the road from Kerman to Jiroft , 21 May 1981, Manoochehri & Heravi 269 ( TARI!) ; Kerman: road of Kerman to Baft, towards Lalezar , 2600 m, 19 July 2000, Mozaffarian 80473 ( TARI!) ; Kerman: 38 km from Baft to Sirjan , 2060 m, 5 May 2000, Mozaffarian 79889 ( TARI!) ; Hormozgan: Hajiabad to Sirjan, 25 km from Hajiabad , 1323 m, 24 May 2013, Montazerolghaem 20002 ( HUI!) ; Kerman: Shahrebabak to Yazd, Javazm , 2240 m, 24 May 2013, Montazerolghaem 20016 ( HUI!) .