Table 1.

Endemic genera of Iran. See text for details.

Genera	Family	Distribution	AEa	El. (m)b	Phyto. regionc
Alococarpum Riedl & Kuber	Apiaceae	W/C Iran	lod	1000–1500	ITe
Azilia Hedge & Lamond	Apiaceae	W Iran	zaf	1800–2300	IT
Brossardia Boiss.	Brassicaceae	N Iraq, Iran	za	1700–2500	IT
Clastopus Boiss.	Brassicaceae	W/N Iran	alg, azh, za	2500–3700	IT
Demavendia Pimenov	Apiaceae	W/N/E/S Iran, S Turkmenistan	al, za, kej, kok	1000–2500	IT
Dicyclophora Boiss.	Apiaceae	W/S Iran	lo	50–1800	SSl
Diplotaenia Boiss.	Apiaceae	E Turkey, NW/N Iran,	al, az	2500–3500	IT
Elburzia Hedge	Brassicaceae	N Iran	al	2000–3000	IT
Ergocarpon C.C. Towns.	Apiaceae	E Iraq, Iran	lo	200–700	SS
Haussknechtia Boiss.	Apiaceae	W Iran	za	1700–2500	IT
Hymenocephalus Jaub. & Spach	Asteraceae	W Iran	za	?	IT
Jurinella Jaub. & Spach	Asteraceae	NE Iraq, E Turkey, S Transcaucasia, Caucasus, NW/N/NE Iran,	al, az, ko	2500–4000	IT
Kalakia Alava	Apiaceae	NW/N Iran	al, az	1000–2500	IT
Mozaffariania Pimenov & Maassoumi	Apiaceae	SE Iran	lo	300–600	SS
Myopordon Boiss.	Asteraceae	W/N/S Iran	al, za, ke, ko	3500–4000	IT
Opoidia Lindl.	Apiaceae	NE Iran	ko	1500	IT
Opsicarpium Mozaff.	Apiaceae	W/NW Iran	az, za	500–2300	IT
Phuopsis (Griseb.) Hook. f.	Rubiaceae	Talish, NW/N Iran	al, az	500–2700	ESm
Physoptychis Boiss.	Brassicaceae	E Turkey, Transcaucasia, Iran	al, az, za	2500–4500	IT
Pseudocamelina (Boiss.) N. Busch	Brassicaceae	W/NW/N/S Iran	al, az, za, ke	1500–2500	IT
Pseudofortuynia Hedge	Brassicaceae	W/S Iran	za, ke	1500–2500	IT
Sclerochorton Boiss.	Apiaceae	W Iran	za	3000–3500	IT
Stenotaenia Boiss.	Apiaceae	W/NW/N Iran	al, az, za	1800–3200	IT
Zerdana Boiss.	Brassicaceae	W/S Iran	za, ke	3000–4000	IT
Zeugandra P.H. Davis	Campanulaceae	W Iran	za	1500–2200	IT
Zhumeria Rech.f. & Wendelbo	Lamiaceae	S Iran	lo	200–1500	SS

^aArea of endemism; ^bElevation ranges (meter above sea level); ^cPhytogeographical regions; ^dLowland; ^eIrano-Turanian; ^fZagros; ^gAlborz; ^hAzerbaijan Plateau; ^jYazd-Kerman; ^kKopet Dagh-Khorassan; ^lShaharo-Sindian; ^mEuro-Siberian.