Objectives

• Collection and determination of plants, development and completion of central and local herbaria of Iran
• Preparing and writing the Flora of Iran in Persian.
• Preparing and writing the Flora of different provinces of Iran.
• Identification of species with the viewpoints of pharmaceutical, industrial, landscape and etc.
• Determination of endemic, rare and endangered species of Iran and providing necessary recommendations about conservation of genetic resources.
• Development of National Botanical Garden of Iran and the affiliated botanical gardens in different provinces.
• Conservation of plant genetic resources in Botanical Gardens and Natural resources Gene Bank.
• Taxonomical studies, including biosystematics, micro-morphology, chemotaxonomy and molecular systematics.
• Phytosociological studies and recognition of ecological effective factors in establishment of plant associations and natural formations of Iran.
• Preparing the vegetation and plant association maps in Iran.
• Paleobotanical studies and collecting plant fossil materials for foundation of a collection of fossil plants.