Biology:Allium vavilovii

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Amaryllidaceae

Allium vavilovii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. vavilovii
Binomial name
Allium vavilovii
Popov & Vved.

Allium vavilovii is a species of wild onion in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to southern Turkmenistan and northeastern Iran.[1] Out of the approximately 1000 species of Allium it and Allium asarense are the closest known relatives of the common onion Allium cepa.[2]

References

  1. "Allium vavilovii Popov & Vved." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/529098-1. 
  2. Fritsch, Reinhard M.; Matin, Farideh; Klaas, Manfred (2001). "Allium vavilovii M. Popov et Vved. and a new Iranian species are the closest among the known relatives of the common onion A. cepa L. (Alliaceae)". Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 48 (4): 401–408. doi:10.1023/A:1012034931024. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4268404 entry