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(Last Modified On 5/12/2022)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 5/2/2018)
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Contributor Text
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Muhammad Tahir M. Rajput* & Syeda Saleha Tahir**
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Contributor Institution
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Preston University, 15th Banglore Town, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi*, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh**.
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Flower/Fruit
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Fl.Per.: May-June
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Type
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‘Hab. in alpinis montis Chehel Tun Belutschiae superioris, Stocks! (K).
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Distribution
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Endemic to northern Baluchistan, Pakistan (Loralai, Quetta, Ziarat and Chitral?).
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Map Location
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D-4 Chehl Tun, Beloochistan, Stocks 1867 (K, E, BM); Chehl Tun, Beloochistan, Stocks 1029 (BM); High Mountains above Quetta, Ziarat, 15.06.1963, G.G. Popov 319 (E); Ziarat, 29.05.1887, J.H. Lace 3918 (E); Ziarat, 29.05.1887, J.H. Lace 28 (E); Quetta, 12.05.1965, Jennifer Lamond 1188 (E); Zarghun, Aug. 1885, J.H. Lace 3918 (E); Near Governor House, Ziarat, Quetta, 29.05.1969, Sultanul Abedin 3311 (E); Sandeman Tangi (Ziarat), 23.7.1962 (KUH); Ziarat, 25.05.1968, Zaffar Ali 4893 (RAW); Kangri Nala-Maidan, Quetta, 14.05.1997, Rubina Rafique & Sikandar Hayat HG-97-240 (NH); Ziarat, 24.06.1957, Jafri & Akram 2148 (KUH); Sandeman Tangi (Ziarat), 02.06.1995, Tahir Ali & G.R. Sarwar 2848 (KUH); Quetta, Ziarat, 26.05.1969, Sultanul Abedin 3268 (KUH); Urak, 10.06.1945, H. Stantopan 6709 (K); Ziarat, 29.05.1969, Zaffar Ali 5698; Quetta, Ziarat, 1965, E. Schonbeck-Temesy 29381 (K); Ziarat, July 1885, Lace 1887 (K); Singarh, Balochistan, 10.06.1897, Harsukh (K); Pil Hill, 20.5.1888, J.H. Lace 51890 (K); Kan Tangi Kach Rd. 30 km to Ziarat, 7.7.1987, S. Khatoon & Maula Bakhsh 542 (KUH). D-5 10 miles from Ziarat on the way to Loralai, 10.06.1970, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 1448 (KUH);
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Erect shrub; stem solid, terete, pubescent-toentose, main branch light brown, side branch reddish brown. Leaves simple, alternate; tomentose; petiole 1-1.5 mm, obovate, base oblique, entire, or broadly dentate, obtuse-round, 5-6 x 2-3 mm. Inflorescence simple umbel, 0.5-10 x 10-13 mm. Flowers bisexual, 2-3 mm in diameter, hypanthium saucer shaped; pedicel 4-4.5 mm long, tomentose, bracteole tomentose c. 0.5 mm. Sepals 5, triangular ovate, 1 mm, tomentose on both sides. Petals 5, 2.5-3.0 x 2-2.5 mm; broad obovate, stipitate, polysepalous, polypetalous notched with unequal lobes. Stamens numerous, usually 20-25, free, filament c. 1 mm long; anther c. 0.5 mm in diameter. Carpels 5, free, c. 2 mm long; ovary c. 1 mm long, style sub-terminal, c. 1 mm long, bent; stigma funnel shaped or bi-flapped, 0.10-0.20 mm long, 0,25-0.30 mm wide. Fruit follicle, tomentose along entire ventral and lower dorsal suture.
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