Ali Asghar Ramak Maassoumi - Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, P.O.Box ۱۳۱۸۵ - ۱۱۶, Tehran, Iran.
Dietrich Podlech - Institut für Systematische Botanik der Universität, Menzinger St. ۶۷, D - ۸۰۰۰, München ۱۹, W. Germany.

Eleven new species including Astragalus babakhanloui, A. doshman - ziariensis, A. facetus, A. ghahremanii, A. inexpectatus, A. iranshahrii, A. memnonius, A. plagiophacos, A. rubrocalycinus, A. termeanus, A. vessalae are described from Iran. They are compared with their close affinities. The section Plagiophaca is described as a new, the type of this monotypic section is designated as Astragalus plagiophacos.

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