Five new records and two new reports of Cotoneaster Medik. (Rosaceae) for the Flora of Iran Author Niaki, Nemat Allah Raei Central Herbarium of Tehran University, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran (Iran) raeiniaki_n@yahoo.com Author Attar, Farideh Central Herbarium of Tehran University, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran (Iran) Author Zamani, Asghar Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Rasht (Iran) Author Maroofi, Hossein Research Center of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Kurdistan Province, PO Box 66169 - 36311 - 714 (Iran) Author Joharchi, Mohammad Reza Research Center for Plant Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (Iran) text Adansonia 2022 3 2022-05-17 44 14 141 152 journal article 55446 10.5252/adansonia2022v44a14 21ba8a38-e941-4c3f-b9ce-c0e8b651b092 1639-4798 6573109 Cotoneaster minutus G.Klotz ( Fig. 3 ) Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe, Halle 12: 763 ( Klotz 1963 ) . TYPUS . — Kashmir . Near Chara- i- Sharif , Srinagar , 25.X.1962 , H. Meusel s.n. (holo-, HAL ) . SPECIMENS EXAMINED.— Iran . Province Khorassan , Bojnord , Ghorkhod protected region, 37°23’46”N , 56°27’47”E , 1660 m , 20.IX.2011 , Memariani & Arjmandi 44626 ( FUMH ) . NOTE This species is morphologically close to C. kotschyi (C. K. Schneid.) G. Klotz . The latter species is widely distributed in Iran ( Riedl 1969 ; Khatamsaz 1992 ). However, C. minutus differs from the C. kotschyi by the small (up to 7 mm vs 6-14 mm in length) and orbicular leaves (vs elliptic-ovate) and the light red fruits (vs black- purple) ( Fig. 3A, B ). This species occurs in Afghanistan , Kashmir ( Fryer & Hylmö 2009 ) and Iran .