Biology:Allium acutiflorum

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Aglio occidentale
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Allium
Species:
A. acutiflorum
Binomial name
Allium acutiflorum
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Allium acutiflorum is a plant species in the amaryllis family native to northwestern Italy (Liguria) and to southeastern France (including Corsica).[1][2][3]

Allium acutiflorum has a single spherical bulb. Scape is up to 40 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are linear, tapering toward the tip, up to 15 cm long. Umbel is spherical, with about 40 flowers. Tepals are purple with a darker purple midvein.[3][4]

References

  1. IUCN (2010). "Allium acutiflorum: Draper, D., Branca, F. & Donnini, D.". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2011-1.rlts.t172077a6836475.en. 
  2. "Allium abbasii". http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=456208. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Allium acutiflorum [Aglio a fiori acuti"] (in it). http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=allium+acutiflorum. 
  4. Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, Jean Louis Auguste (1809) (in French). Journal de botanique, rédigé par une société de botanistes. 2. Paris: Chez Gabriel Dufour et Compagnie. p. 279. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8071660#page/309/mode/1up. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5669328 entry