Saeed Shirzadian

Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection | IRIPP · Department of Botany

Introduction of Important Weeds of Solanaceae in Iran (In Persian) Available at: www.iripp.ir/fa-IR/iripp/29842/Articles/view/54561/7286/

Pottiaceae are a world-widely distributed in characteristic harsh habitats. Based on the survey of mosses in Khouzestan province (SW of Iran), a new species, namely, Dialytirchia mucronata (Brid.) Broth. is found from Sheyvand waterfall of Izeh. Illustrations, characteristics, locality and habitat of the species are explained as a new record for Ir...

Mosses are a group of non-vascular plants containing sources of secondary metabolites with anti-cancer, anti-microbial, and antifungal properties. This study aimed to evaluate the antifungal potential of the different extracts (ethanolic, methanolic and acetonic extracts) of mosses, collected from Iran against the phytopathogenic fungi Fusarium sol...

خزه ها گروهی از گیاهان ساده، کوچک و خشک زی با خواص ضدمیکروبی هستند. در این پژوهش خواص بازدارندگی عصاره اتانولی و آبی یک گونه خزه با نام fontinaloides Cinclidotus بر رشد دو قارچ بیماریزای گیاهی با نام های solani Fusarium و sorokiniana Bipolaris از عوامل بیماری پوسیدگی ریشه و ساقه در غالت به ویژه گندم با استفاده از روش دیسک گذاری روی محیط کشت PDA مور...

Bipolaris sorokiniana ‫آزمایشگاه‬ ‫محیط‬ ‫در‬ ‫گلخانه‬ ‫و‬ Inhibitory effects of ethanolic and aquatic extracts of Cinclidotus fontinaloides (Hedw.) P. Beauv. on phytopathogenic fungi Fusarium solani and Bipolaris sorokiniana in vitro and in vivo ‫رقیه‬ ‫اسد‬ ‫بلند‬ 1 ، ‫محمد‬ ‫رضا‬ ‫اصالحی‬ 2 * ، ‫علیرضا‬ ‫ایرانبخش‬ 3 ‫و‬ ‫سعید‬ ‫شیرزادیان‬ 4 ‫دری...

Mosses are a group of non-vascular plants containing sources of secondary metabolites with anti-cancer, anti-microbial, and antifungal properties. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antifungal potential of the different extracts (ethanolic, methanolic and acetonic extracts) of mosses, collected from Iran against the phytopathogenic fungi Fus...

Original meiotic chromosome numbers are reported for seven species in four families of mosses from Iran including: Amblystegium serpens (n=19), Anomodon rugelii (n=11), Didymodon tophaceus (n=13), Drepanocladus exannulatus (n=11), Eucladium verticillatum (n=11), Fissidens viridulus var. tenuifolius (n=10) and Grimmia pulvinata (n=13). Chromosome co...

Solanum kieseritzkii, an endemic species of Iran and the Caucasus, has been recently introduced in botanical sources as unresolved species and sometimes has been regarded a synonymous of S. dulcamara. In this research, along with field and herbarium studies, a morphological and molecular comparison is made between these two species; each of them is...

Solanum kieseritzkii, an endemic species of Iran and the Caucasus, has been recently introduced in botanical sources as unresolved species and sometimes has been regarded a synonymous of S. dulcamara. In this research, along with field and herbarium studies, a morphological and molecular comparison is made between these two species; each of them is...

Background: Solanum section Solanum has been extensively used in traditional medicine in Iran for many ailment treatments. The plant contains some substances such as total alkaloid, steroid alkaloid, steroidal saponins and glycoprotein, exhibiting anti-tumor activity. Objective: In this research, wild species of Solanum section Solanum has been stu...

New national and regional bryophyte records, 55 L. T. Ellis1, O. M. Afonina2, M. Aleffi3, R. L. Andriamiarisoa4, M. Bačkor5, M. Goga5, H. Bednarek-Ochyra6, D. A. Callaghan7, P. Campisi8, M. G. Dia8, M. L. Marino8, J. Enroth9, P. Erzberger10, V. Hugonnot11, E. A. Ignatova12, T. Kiebacher13, J. Kučera14, M. Lebouvier15, G. M. Maria16, S. S¸ tefănut¸1...

Paper presents couple of new national and regional bryophyte records accross the world, including Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and South America, Antarctica. In Europe there are interesting findings from Poland (Sphagnum molle, Pseudocalliergon lycopodioides), Hungary (Seligeria acutifolia), Bulgaria and Macedonia (Didymodon icmadophilus), etc. A...

Two species of mosses, namely, Grimmia dissimulata and Schistidium pruinosum, belonging to the family Grimmiaceae collected from Khorassan Razavi province (NE Iran) are found new for the Iranian bryoflora. Based on the recent literature, 16 species of Grimmia and 13 species of Schistidium have been reported from Iran so far. Diagnostic characters,...

Two species of mosses, namely, Grimmia dissimulata and Schistidium pruinosum, belonging to the family Grimmiaceae collected from Khorassan Razavi province (NE Iran) are found new for the Iranian bryoflora. Based on the recent literature, 16 species of Grimmia and 13 species of Schistidium have been reported from Iran so far. Diagnostic characters,...

Based on the survey of mosses in West Azerbaijan, Mazandaran and Yazd provinces of Iran, seven species of mosses, namely, Bryum algovicum, B. creberrimum, B. klinggraeffi, B. mildeanu (Bryaceae), Grimmia plagiopodia (Grimmiaceae), Orthotrichum rivulare (Orthotrichaceae), and Didymodon sinuosus (Pottiaceae) are newly recorded for the Iranian bryoflo...

Bryum campylopodioides Müll. Hal., previously known only from the type locality in China, is here reported new to Southwest Asia, based on a specimen from West Azerbaijan Province (NW Iran). The species is illustrated and its taxonomic placement discussed.

Since establishment of the Herbarium Ministerii Iranici Agriculturae ("IRAN") in 1945, while collecting flowering plants during field excursions to different regions of Iran, besides little cum unidetified collections of mosses, after establishment of the herbarium of mosses in 1997, regular sampling was started by the author in the form of researc...

با توجه به اینکه جمع‌آوری ‌کنندگان نمونه‌ها از مهم‌ترین ارکان هر هرباریوم محسوب می‌شوند، در اینجا فهرست کاملی از اسامی جمع‌آوری کنندگان نمونه‌های گیاهان و قارچ‌های موجود در هرباریوم وزارت جهاد کشاورزی "ایران" به ‌همراه تعداد نمونه‌های جمع‌آوری شده توسط این افراد (به طور انفرادی یا مشترک) در قالب سه جدول ارایه می‌شود. در این جداول، اسامی افراد به لا...

Based on the survey of mosses in West Azerbaijan, Mazandaran and Yazd provinces of Iran, seven species of mosses, namely, Bryum algovicum, B. creberrimum, B. klinggraeffi, B. mildeanu (Bryaceae), Grimmia plagiopodia (Grimmiaceae), Orthotrichum ri vulare (Orthotrichaceae), and Didymodon sinuosus (Pottiaceae) are newly recorded for the Iranian bryofl...

Based on investigations of mosses in Iran, a new species of Syntrichia, namely, S. sinensis (Müll. Hal.) Ochyra belonging to the family Pottiaceae is found growing in W. Azarbaijan province (NW Iran) which is considered as a new report for the Iranian bryoflora. Pottiaceae is a world-widely distributed family consisting of 77 genera and nearly 1450...

Based on investigations of mosses in Iran, a new species, namely, Funaria microstoma Bruch ex Schimp. is found in Ardebil province (NW Iran) which is a new report for the bryoflora of the country. The species belongs to the family Funariaceae under the order Funariales. This world widely distributed family consists of 13 genera and nearly 300 speci...

During an investigation on pteridophytes (ferns) of Guilan province (N Iran), 402 specimens were studied. Of these, 44 species, under 21 genera, belonging to 13 families, were identified. Based on the approved instruction given by the "International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)", after performing the filtering s...

Five moss species namely, Bryum creberrimum Tayl. (Bryaceae) and Grimmia montana Bruch S&chimp. (Grimmiaceae), Rhynchostegium confertum (Dicks.) Schimp. (Brachytheciaceae), Cryphaea heteromalla (Hedw.) Mohr (Cryphaeaceae) and Hygrohypnum eugyrium (Schimp.) Broth. (Amblystegiaceae) are recorded from Northern part of Iran. Some of these species show...

Alvand Mt. (Hamedan province, W Iran) is one of the highest mountains in Iran. The present research paper is a survey on the moss flora of the area. Based on this study, totally, 22 mosses species are being reported from the area, out of which 14 of them are new for the province, while, two species are new records for Iran. These are belonging to t...

Five moss species namely, Bryum creberrimum Tayl. (Bryaceae) and Grimmia montana Bruch & Schimp. (Grimmiaceae), Rhynchostegium confertum (Dicks.) Schimp. (Brachytheciaceae), Cryphaea heteromalla (Hedw.) Mohr (Cryphaeaceae) and Hygrohypnum eugyrium (Schimp.) Broth. (Amblystegiaceae) are recorded from Northern part of Iran. Some of these species show...

In the present study, a modelling approach based on Geographical Information Systems (GIS) analysis is presented with the aim of identifying the influence of environmental parameters on three genera, namely, Tortula, Grimmia and Bryum as representatives of Iranian bryoflora. By using ArcGIS Desktop, we produced a model for environmental variables i...

Iran: Gilan province, Masouleh to Khalkhal road, 48u499E, 37u159N, 1400 m, on moist soil, 2 June 1996, leg. S. Shirzadian 0297 (IRAN). This species is found in very wet and damp grasslands and is distributed in Europe, America and Asia (Smith, 2004). Many bryologists (e.g. Lawton, 1971; Horton & Vitt, 1976) have elaborately discussed the distinctiv...

In order to evaluate the antifungal activities of bryophytes, 23 taxa (including 21 mosses and two leafy liverworts) were collected, washed, dry-powdered and then extracted in different solvents including water, methanol, ethanol, acetone and petroleum ether. These extracts were mixed with Czapek-Dox (CzA) medium at the ratio of 1:10, and seven dif...

This study presents role of mosses in biodeterioration of Zayand-e-Rood bridges as well as their elimination / control methods. Mosses provide a suitable habitat for small organisms and a base for proliferation and invasion of higher plants that accelerate deterioration due to penetration of their roots. Environmental factors in biodeterioration (p...

Abstract: Polystichum includes about 260 species spreading all over the word (HEATHER, E., DRISCOLL, D. and BARRINGTON, S. 2007. Origin of Hawaiian Polystichum in the context of a world phylogeny. Amer. J. Bot. 94: 1413-1424) but only four species are so far found in Iran. In the present paper, a species belonging to this genus with its presence p...

Four moss species, namely, Tetraphis pellucida Hedw. (Tetraphidaceae), Ulota crispa (Hedw.) Brid. (Orthotrichaceae), Haplohymenium triste (Ces.) Kindb. (Anomodontaceae), and Rhynchostegiella litorea (De Not.) Limpr. (Brachytheciaceae) are recorded from Iran. The specimens were collected from Kheiroodkenar Forest, Mazandaran Province (north of Iran)...

Ophioglossum polyphyllum (Ophioglossaceae), a new record for the flora of Iran. M. ESKANDARI and S. SHIRZADIAN. Department of Botany, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran During studies on samples present in herbarium of "IRAN" in Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (Tehran), several interesting plant samples belo...

A revision of the family Sematophyllaceae of Japan with special reference to a statistical demarcation of the family.. Molecular phylogeny of Hypnobryalean mosses as inferred from a large-scale dataset of chloroplast rbcL, with special reference to the Hypnaceae and possibly related families. Hikobia 13: 645–665.

The current research was carried out to study effects of biological soil crusts (lichens and mosses) on some soil attributes. The study was carried out in rangelands of Alagol region, in north of Golestan province, Northern Iran. Survey area is located near Iran-Turkmenistan border. In this research, soil samples were taken from two crusted and adj...

The following four species Physcomitrium pyriforme (Funariaceae), Bryum alpinum,Pohlia elongata (Bryaceae) and Fabronia pusilla (Fabroniaceae), are reported for the first time from Iran. The specimens were collected from Makhmal-kuh mountain (situated in north of Khorram-abad, Lorestan province). The voucher specimens are preserved in the Az-Zahra...