Fritillaria (Liliaceae) in Iran: distribution and Nnomenclature

Genus Fritilaria comprises 18 species including two recently described species in Iran. Despite of new reports published and new taxa described available information on vegetation locations, status of their natural populations and taxonomy are not updated since publication of Flora iranica. Taxonomic status of the genus in Iran is reviewed here, and the floristic inventories during 24 years and the localities reported by Flora iranica are used along with available literature as well as our recent collections, in order to update the distribution maps of Fritillaria species in Iran. Fritillaria crassifolia subsp. polunini (from Kurdistan) and F. pinardii (from W-Azerbayjan) are reported as new records for Iran. Suggestions are made for conservation of some Fritillaria species based on the status of their distribution in Iran