Biology:Allium sinaiticum

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Amaryllidaceae

Allium sinaiticum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. sinaiticum
Binomial name
Allium sinaiticum
Boiss.

Allium sinaiticum is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family.[1] It is a wild onion found in sandy areas in Israel, Sinai, Palestine, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.[2] It is a small, bulb-forming perennial; flowers have white tepals with green midveins.[3][4][5][6][7]

References

  1. "Allium sinaiticum Boiss.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:528875-1. 
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. "Flora of Israel Online, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Allium sinaiticum". http://flora.huji.ac.il/browse.asp?action=specie&specie=ALLSIN#distribution. 
  4. Boissier, Pierre Edmond. 1854. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum 13: 31.
  5. Chaudhary, S.A. (2001). Flora of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 3: 1-368. Ministry of Agriculture & Water, Riyadh.
  6. Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  7. Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.

Wikidata ☰ Q15528445 entry