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Colchicum aitchisonii (Hook. f.) Nasir

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Flower/Fruit: Fl.Per.: Late January-February.

Type: Type: Described from a cultivated specimen collected by Aitchison at Jhelum (K).

Distribution: Distribution: Afghanistan, Pakistan.

Comment/Acknowledgements: A fairly common plant in the Margalla Hills and the Salt Range during the early spring season. The plant, like Colchicum luteum, also contains Colchicine.

There is some disagreement whether Merendera should be included in Colchicum or not. It has been included here as the splitting of the perianth to the base in Merendera is not enough of a difference to keep the 2 genera apart.

Colohicum aitchisonii may be the same as Merendera robusta Bge. from C. Asia but not having seen any authentic specimen of Merendera robusta, Colohicum aitchisonii is recognised here as a distinct taxon.

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Map Location: C-7 Rawalpindi Dist.: Margalla, 15.4.1937, Sarup Singh s.n. (KUH); Margalla Pass, Feb. 1932, Khalid Mahmud s.n. (KUH); Margalla, 5-2-77, E. Nasir & K. Bremer 8389 (RAW); Margalla, Feb. 1936, Mohindar Nath & G.D. Samson 15273 (RAW); Lubani, R.R. Stewart 3793 (RAW); Jhelum Dist.: Kattas, Y. Nasir & Zaffar Ali 3537 (RAW); Baluchistan: D-4 Ziarat, May 1957, R.R. Stewart 28188 (RAW); Quetta, Ved Parkash 16401 (RAW).