Mahnaz Heidari Rikan - Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
Farrokh Ghahremaninejad - Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
Mostafa Assadi - Department of Botany, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), P. O. Box ۱۳۱۸۵-۱۱۶, Tehran, Iran.

Silene muradica Schischk. from sect. Spergulifoliae that was recognized as an endemic from the east of Turkey, is recorded from Iran for the first time.Itis related to Silene spergulifolia (Desf.) Bieb. but is distinguished from it by the following characters: Calyx whitish-green, sparsely papillose or scabrid at the base to glabrous, petal limb divided at the tip to ca. one third. The distribution map and some photos of the new record are presented.

Caryophyllaceae, Silene muradica, sect. Spergulifoliae, new record, W. Azarbayejan, Iran