PJB-2021-1536
Allium (Amaryllidaceae) species in Pakistan: two new records and a new species from Zhob (Balochistan)
Nazar Khan, Reinhard M. Fritsch, Amir Sultan and Tahir Khan
Abstract
Allium caroli-henrici, A. registanicum are newly recorded from Zhob district of Pakistan, and a new species Allium zhobicum is described and illustrated. The new species belongs to Allium subg. Melanocrommyum sect. Thaumasioprason and is characterized by rounded bulbs with coriaceous outer tunics, entire to papillate linear leaves, lilac to white scarcely recurved, elliptical linear to oblong tepals and a six-lobed ovary with exserted stigma and violet style. The key to Allium species in Flora of Pakistan is amended including the diagnostic characters of the newly recorded species.
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Khan, N., R.M. Fritsch, A. Sultan and T. Khan. 2021. Allium (Amaryllidaceae) species in Pakistan: two new records and a new species from Zhob (Balochistan). Pak. J. Bot., 53(5): DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2021-5(1)
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