سمیه تکاسی - Assistant Prof. of Gilan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center
ابراهیم کازرونی منفرد - Assistant Prof., University of Applied Science and Technology, Gilan, Rasht
بیژن یعقوبی - Research Assistant Prof., Rice Research Institute of Iran, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Rasht, Iran
مصطفی اویسی - Associate Prof., Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
حمیدرضا ساسان فر - Researcher, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
حمید رحیمیان مشهدی - Prof., Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
هاینز مولر-شارر - Prof., Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

The genus Ambrosia consisting at least ۴۰ species, with numerous intraspecific taxa (Essl et al. ۲۰۱۵). The first observation of Ambrosia from Iran was reported by Mozaffarian (۱۹۹۱). He reported distribution of A. artemisiifolia L.in Bandar-e Anzali (Gilan province, N Iran). Expanding new colonies of Ambrosia species were increasingly observed from road-sides and coastal areas of Bandar-e Anzali in ۲۰۱۴. 

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