Biology:Allium abramsii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant


Allium abramsii
Allium abramsii (Abrams' allium) (32729116760).jpg

Vulnerable (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. abramsii
Binomial name
Allium abramsii
(Ownbey & Aase ex Traub) McNeal
Synonyms

Allium fimbriatum var. abramsii Ownbey & Aase ex Traub

Allium abramsii is a species of wild onion known by the common name Abrams' onion.

Description

Allium abramsii grows from one or more bulbs each just over a centimeter wide attached to a thick rhizome. It reaches a maximum height of about 15 centimeters with usually one curving cylindrical leaf that may be up to a foot long.[2] The inflorescence contains up to 40 pink or purplish flowers with lance-shaped tepals and yellow anthers. [3][4][5][6]

Taxonomy

The epithet abramsii commemorates LeRoy Abrams.[7]

Distribution and habitat

Allium abramsii is endemic to the central Sierra Nevada in California , where it grows in the coniferous forest understory in granite sand soils. It is found in Fresno, Madera and Tulare Counties at elevations of 1400–2000 m.[3]

References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.872513/Allium_abramsii. 
  2. "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ALAB2. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Flora of North America-Allium abramsii
  4. photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, isotype of Allium abramsii, collected in Fresno County
  5. Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
  6. McNeal, D. W. 1992. A revision of the Allium fimbriatum (Alliaceae) complex. Aliso 13(3):411–426.
  7. Eggli, U.; Newton, L.E. (2004). Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 1. ISBN 978-3-540-00489-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=u2n5vusQ1DEC&pg=PA1. Retrieved 20 September 2018. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4732881 entry