Biology:Allium orientale

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Allium

Allium orientale
Allium orientale (as A. erdelii) Bot. Mag. 105. 6426 . 1879.jpg
Botanical illustration
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. orientale
Binomial name
Allium orientale
Boiss.[1]
Synonyms

Allium orientale is a species of wild garlic/onion native to the eastern Mediterranean; Libya, Egypt, Sinai, the Levant, Cyprus and Anatolia.[2] It has high genetic variation but is not widely distributed, suggesting that it may contain cryptic species.[3]

References

  1. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 25 (1854)
  2. "Allium orientale Boiss.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:528544-1. 
  3. Gurushidze, M.; Fritsch, R.; Blattner, F. (2008). "Phylogenetic analysis of Allium subg. Melanocrommyum infers cryptic species and demands a new sectional classification". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49 (3): 997–1007. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.003. PMID 18824112. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5669372 entry