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Ziziphus spina-christi var. aucheri (Boiss.) Qaiser & Nazim.

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Contributor Text: M. QAISER AND S. NAZIMUDDIN

Type: Holotype: Hab. in Persia australi circa Boushir (Bushehr)Aucher 4320 (G).

Distribution: Distribution: South Iran, Afghanistan & Pakistan.

Comment/Acknowledgements: The type variety differs from the var. aucheri in having the glabrous leaves while in the latter taxon the leaves are pubescent to almost glabrous with few hairs beneath on the nerves. A number of specimens show this type of continuous variation in the latter taxon and there seems to be some intergradation with the type variety e.g. specimens from Mach, Qaiser & Ghafoor 4317 (KUH); about 4 miles from Pail on way to Khushab Farooqi & Qaiser 2759 (KUH) are almost glabrous and it is difficult to cite under the either variety. Therefore Z. aucheri Boiss. does not deserve more than a varietal rank under Z. spina-christi (L) Willd.

Map Location: C-7 Jhelum Dist.: About 30 miles from Jhelum on way to Rawalpindi 5.10.70 M. Qaiser 3522 (KUH); Attock Dist.: Thatta 19.9.1959 R.R. Stewart 28505 (RAW); About 4 miles from Pail on way to Khushab, 24.9.70 S.A. Farooqi & M. Qaiser 2759 (KUH); D-4 Quetta Dist.: Near Mach 11.10.71 M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 4317 (KUH); G-2 Turbat, Fruit Garden, Turbat City 12.2.69 S.I. Ali, S.A. Farooqi and Sultanul Abedin 908 (KUH); G-4 Malir, Karachi 21.4.1958 Shamim Akhtar s.n. (KUH); Malir, Karachi 2.12.1958 Agha A. Hussain s.n. (KUH); 10.10.1956 Ruqayya Islam s.n. (KUH); T.B. Hospital, Karachi 9.11.54 S.R. Rizvi s.n. (KUH); University Campus, Karachi 24.11.1966. Amtul Waheed s.n. (KUH); Nazimabad, Karachi 20.1.1957. A.A. Qureshi s.n. (KUH).