Mohammad Mehdi Dehshiri - Assistant Professor/Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Boroujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University-Boroujerd-Iran
Valiollah Mozaffarian - Associate Professor/Department of Botany, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, P. O. Box ۱۳۱۸۵-۱۱۶, Tehran, Iran
Masoud Ahmad - M Sc./Department of Biology, Faculty of Post-Graduation, Boroujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University-Boroujerd-Iran

Cerasus paradoxa is described and illustrated as a new species endemic to Lorestan province, in the west of Iran. It is similar, and most closely related to C. microcarpa and C. yazdiana.The diagnostic morphological characteristics, as well as a full description, taxonomic status and figure of the new species are presented

Rosaceae, Cerasus, Taxonomy, new species, Iran