Biology:Allium jacquemontii
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Short description: Species of plant
高原薤 gao yuan xie | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Subgenus: | A. subg. Polyprason |
Species: | A. jacquemontii
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Binomial name | |
Allium jacquemontii Kunth
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Synonyms[1] | |
Allium miserabile Wendelbo |
Allium jacquemontii is a plant species native to India , Pakistan , Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Xizang (Tibet) and Xinjiang. It grows high in the mountains at elevations of 4,000–4,500 metres (13,100–14,800 ft).[2][3]
Allium jacquemontii forms solitary egg-shaped bulbs about 10 millimetres (0.39 in) across. Scapes are up to 40 centimetres (16 in) tall. Umbel forms a hemisphere of many densely packed red or purple flowers.[2][4][5]
Taxonomy
The Latin specific epithet jacquemontii refers to the French botanist and geologist Victor Jacquemont (1844–1912).[6]
References
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flora of China v 24 p 200, Allium jacquemontii
- ↑ Flora of Pakistan, Allium jacquemontii
- ↑ Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1843. Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 4: 399.
- ↑ Wendelbo, Per Erland Berg. 1967. Nytt Magasin for Botanikk Oslo xiv. 104.
- ↑ Allen J. Coombes The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants, p. 50, at Google Books
Wikidata ☰ Q4268414 entry
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