Allium orientale

Allium orientale
	Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
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.
Synonyms
	List Allium erdelii Baker; Allium gayi Boiss.; Allium macrospermum Boiss. & Kotschy; ;

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

^ Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 25 (1854)
^ "Allium orientale Boiss". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
^ 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

"Allium orientale". Plants for a Future.

[1] Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 25 (1854)

[528544-1-2] "Allium orientale Boiss". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

[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.

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