taxonID	type	description	language	source
4A6FEE11FFB5E151FF3471BBFF15F8F6.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — IRAN. Prov. Golestan: Ramian city, 37 º 0 ʹ 52 ʺ N 55 º 8 ʹ 25 ʺ E, 15 April 2018, Ranjbar 41304 (holotype BASU, isotype G).	en	Ranjbar, Massoud, Ranjbar, Zahra (2021): A taxonomic note of Pterocephalus (Caprifoliaceae) from N Iran. Phytotaxa 494 (1): 137-144, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.494.1.10, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.494.1.10
4A6FEE11FFB5E151FF3471BBFF15F8F6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: — Pterocephalus ramianensis is s imilar to P. plumosus but differs in having a single stem 60 – 80 cm high, long appressed pilose with loosely long glandular hairs stem (vs. stem up to 40 cm, pubescent to long pilose), basal cauline leaves oblong-obovate in outline, 7 – 12 × 2.5 – 3 cm, pinnate (6 lateral segments), crenate margin, petiole 1.5 – 2.5 cm long (vs. oblong-ovate, 3 – 4 × 1 – 2 cm, undivided, dentate margin, sessile), middle cauline leaves oblong, 7 – 9 × 2 – 3 cm, with 6 lateral segments (vs. oblong ovate, 3 – 4 × 0.8 – 1 cm, with 4 lateral segments), upper oblong (vs. linear-lanceolate), peduncle up to 8 cm long (vs. 20 cm long), involucral bracts 10 – 11 mm long (vs. 10 – 12 mm), corolla yellow (vs. liliac to purple).	en	Ranjbar, Massoud, Ranjbar, Zahra (2021): A taxonomic note of Pterocephalus (Caprifoliaceae) from N Iran. Phytotaxa 494 (1): 137-144, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.494.1.10, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.494.1.10
4A6FEE11FFB5E151FF3471BBFF15F8F6.taxon	etymology	Etymology — The specific epithet refers to the Ramian Area in Golestan Province, locus classicus of the new species.	en	Ranjbar, Massoud, Ranjbar, Zahra (2021): A taxonomic note of Pterocephalus (Caprifoliaceae) from N Iran. Phytotaxa 494 (1): 137-144, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.494.1.10, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.494.1.10
