Biology:Allium tulipifolium

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Лук тюльпанолистный
郁金叶蒜 yu jin ye suan
Allium tulipifolium (inflorescence).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: Allium subg. Melanocrommyum
Species:
A. tulipifolium
Binomial name
Allium tulipifolium
Ledeb.
Synonyms[1][2]

Allium tulipifolium is an Asian species of wild onion native to Xinjiang, Kazakhstan and Altay Krai.[1] It is found at elevations of 600–1000 m.[3][4]

Allium tulipifolium has round to egg-shaped bulbs up to 20 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 40 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, waxy, up to 2 cm across, much shorter than scape, with a pink or dark green margin. Umbel has many flowers, the tepals white with dark green or purple mid-veins.[3][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. The Plant List
  3. 3.0 3.1 Flora of China v 24 p 200 郁金叶蒜 yu jin ye suan Allium tulipifolium
  4. Malyschev L.I. & Peschkova , G.A. (eds.) (2001). Лук тюльпанолистный. Flora of Siberia 4: 1-238. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  5. Ledebour, Carl Friedrich von. 1830. Flora Altaica 2: 9.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15523240 entry