Allium curtum
Allium curtum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Species: | A. curtum
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Binomial name | |
Allium curtum | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Allium curtum is a Middle Eastern species of onion in the amaryllis family.[1]
Plant is a bulb-forming perennial producing a tight, head-like umbel of green or purple flowers.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
- Subspecies accepted[1]
- Allium curtum subsp. curtum - Egypt incl Sinai, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus
- Allium curtum subsp. palaestinum Feinbrun - Rafah region in northeastern Sinai
References
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of Israel Online
- ^ Pierre Edmond Boissier & Charles Gaillardot. 1859. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae ser. 2, 4: 116.
- ^ Feinbrun, Naomi. 1943. Polish Botanical Journal 4: 14.
- ^ Duyfjes-de Wilde, Brigitta Emma Elisabeth. 1976. Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool 76(11): 52.
- ^ Täckholm, Vivi & Drar, Mohammed. 1954. Flora of Egypt 3: 69., Allium curtum subsp. aegyptiacum
- ^ Seregin, Alexey Petrovich. 2004. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii. Moscow & Leningrad 36: 101, Allium aegyptiacum