Sara Sadeghian - Natural Resources Division, Fars Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Centre, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Shiraz, Iran
Ahmad Hatami - Natural Resources Division, Fars Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Centre, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Shiraz, Iran.
Behnam Hamzeh’ee - Research institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO). Tehran, Iran.

Somatic chromosome numbers of ۶ species from Lamiaceae family were studied. The chromosome numbers for ۵ taxa includingLavandula sublepidota ۲n=۱۸, Phlomis anisodonta ۲n=۲۰, Phlomis pachyphylla ۲n=۲۰, Eremostachys laevigata ۲n=۲۲and Otostegia michauxii ۲n=۸۲ are new reports. ThechromosomenumberofNepeta depauperata is ۲n=۱۸.Ideograms are depicted for all studied species.

Chromosome counts, ideogram, Karyotype, Lamiaceae, Iran