Farshid Memariani - Dept. of Botany, Research Center for Plant Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
Ali Asghar Arjmandi - Dept. of Botany, Research Center for Plant Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

Festuca karatavica (Bunge) B. Fedtsch. (subgen. Xanthochloa) is reported as a new species and subgenus record for the flora of Iran from Binalood mountain range in Khorassan. This species is morphologically compared with its closely related species of Festuca subgen. Leucopoa in Iran. Illustration, distribution map and notes on biogeography, conservation status and habitats are provided.

Poaceae, Festuca karavatica, new record, Biodiversity, conservation, Khorassan, Binalood