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Commicarpus boissieri Cufod.

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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)

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Project Data (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)

Flower/Fruit: Fl. per.: Sept.-Oct. but earlier in the southern areas.

Type: Type: Baluchistan: Chuttok, S. Kalat, 1350 m, Stocks s.n. (K).

Distribution: Distribution: Pakistan, India and S. Iran.

Comment/Acknowledgements: An undershrub found in the plains and sandy areas up to 700 m. Closely related to Commicarpus verticillatus (Poir.) Standl. (syn. Boerhavia verticillata Poir.), from which it differs according to Heimerl (l.c.347) in the “flowers 5-7 mm long in verticils of 4-7; stamens rarely more than 3”.

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Map Location: C-6 Peshawar Dist.: to Khyber Pass, A.R. Beg. 36 (PPFI-B); C-7 Jhelum Dist.: near Khewra, M.A. Siddiqi 4278 (RAW, K); 3 miles from Khewra-Choasaidan Shah rd., S.A. Faruqi & M. Qaiser 2870 (KUH); Chakwal, Kabri 14726 (K); Mogli bungalow, Mt. Tilla, c. 330 m, R.R. Stewart 815 (RAW, K); Sind: G-4 T.B. Khan-Hyderabad, M. Qaiser et al., 590 (KUH); Jamshoro, M.A. Ali 639 (PPF1-B); 22nd mile, T.B. Khan-Karachi, M. Qaiser et al. 530 (KUH); Sind, N.C. Dalyell 75 (K); id., Stocks 51 (K); 29th mile, Karachi-Bela, Sultanul Abedin 4268 (KUH); Karachi, R.R. Stewart 24770 (KUH); id., Jafri 1466 (KUH,K); Drigh rd., Karachi, A. Rahman 25679 (RAW); Karachi University, Rashid Ali 2083 (RAW); id., .Nuzhat 4(KUH); Manghopir, 29. i. 59, S.I. Ali et al. s.n. (KUH); Somniani, 31 miles from Karachi, S.I. Ali & Sultanul Abedin 708; 1227; 1254 (KUH); Darsano-Chini, Sultanul Abdein & Abdul Ghafoor 1353 (KUH); Karachi-Uthal, 28th mile, S.I. Ali et al. 1292 (KUH); Karimi farm, 7 miles from Manghopir, Sultanul Abedin (KUH); Sewage Farm, flowers pink, Jafri 1466 (KUH, K); Hyderabad Dist.: 3rd mile, Dhabeji-Thatta, A. Ghafoor & M. Qaiser 13; 458 (KUH); Thatta, Dec. 56, Jafri s.n. (KUH); Malirari, near Thatta, Sultanul Abedin & A. Ghafoor 9400 (KUH); Bhambori excavation, A. Ghafoor & M. Qaiser 345 (KUH); Gharo, S.I. Ali et al. 191 (KUH); Hub, Chawki-Bela, Sultanul Abedin 3639 (KUH); Nagar Parkar, S.I. Ali et al. 4445 (KUH); Naokot-Diplo, 3rd mile, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 3667 (KUH); Ghulamullah-Thatta, 3rd mile, 3604 (KUH); Rakhni-D.G. Khan, 13th mile, M. Qaiser 2560 (KUH); Nagar Parkar hills, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 4032 (KUH); Hazrat Shah Mazar, Thatta, Sultanul Abedin 5575; 5586 (KUH); Khinsor, Sind, M.B. Zaman 4026 (PPFI-M); Baluchistan, 1859, Freres s.n. (K).