Biology:Allium humile
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Short description: Species of plant
| Small Alpine Onion 雪韭 xue jiu | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. humile
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium humile Kunth
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Allium humile is an Asian species of wild onion found at high elevations (4000–4500 m) in India (Jammu-Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh), Nepal, northern Pakistan, Tibet, and Yunnan.[2][3][4][5][6]
Allium humile has narrow, cylindrical bulbs. Scape is up to 15 cm tall, slightly compressed. Leaves are flat, fleshy, linear, about 5 mm wide. Umbel is hemispheric, crowded with many flowers. Tepals are white with yellowish-green midveins.[3][7]
The species formerly included a variety Allium humile var. trifurcatum F.T.Wang & Tang which is since 1991 called Allium trifurcatum (F.T.Wang & Tang) J.M.Xu.[8]
References
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali (eds). 1980-2005. Flora of Pakistan, University of Karachi, Karachi.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Flora of China v 24 p 180 雪韭 xue jiu Allium humile
- ↑ Flora of Pakistan
- ↑ Flowers of India, Small Alpine Onion, Allium humile
- ↑ Shah, A.; Bharati, K. A.; Ahmad, J.; Sharma, M. P. (2015). "New ethnomedicinal claims from Gujjar and Bakerwals tribes of Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir, India". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 166: 119–128. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2015.01.056. PMID 25680841. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874115000719.
- ↑ Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1843. Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 4: 443
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Wikidata ☰ Q15521244 entry
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