Alireza Naqinezhad - Assistant Professor / Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Mazandaran
Farrokh Ghahremani-Nejad - Associate Professor / Departmnet of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tarbiat-Moallem, Tehran, Iran
Hossein Bahari - Master of Science Student / Departmnet of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tarbiat-Moallem, Tehran, Iran

Monerma Beauv. (Gramineae) is recorded for the first time as a new monotypic genus for the flora of Iran. It includes only one species, M. cylindrica, which was collected from Semeskandeh Protected Area (Sari, Mazandaran) on the lowland area.

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