سید محمود غفاری - Institute of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Tehran, P.O. Box ۱۳۱۴۵-۱۳۸۴, Tehran, Iran E-mail: ghaffari@ibb.ut.ac.ir
فاطمه تاجیک - Department of Genetic, Faculty of Biology, University of Baku, Baku, Azerbaijan

Original meiotic or mitotic chromosome counts are presented for ۱۷ species in ۱۲ families of angiosperms from Iran. Chromosome counts for Amberboa nana, n=۱۶ (Asteraceae) and Camelina rumelica subsp. transcapica, n=۱۳ (Brassicaceae) are repoted for the first time. Chromosome numbers for six species including: Rhagadiolus stellatus (n=۵), Campanula raponcoloides (n=۳۴), Campanula trachelium (n=۱۰), Helianthemum salicifolium (n=۱۰), Sorghum halepense (n=۲۰), Consolida orientalis (n=۸) are new reports for the flora of Iran. Also, the tetraploid level of n=۱۲ for Linaria simplex is reported here for the first time.

Angiosperm, Chromosome count, Meiotic, Mitotic