Mansooreh Khodashenas - Organization of Agricultural and Natural Resources Centre, Kerman, Iran.

Aeluropus lagopoides var. mesoptamica is reported from Iran as a new record. This variety is characterized by the following characters: very short and stiff vegetative leaves, short stem and small capitate inflorescence. A. pungens var hirtulus is also reported as another new record for Iran. A. lagopoides var. repens is as a new combination based on A. lagopoides subsp. repens. These two taxa differ from the typical species by having hairy leaves.

Aeluropus, Poaceae, new records, new combination, Iran