Allium flavum

Fragrant Yellow Onion
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. flavum
Binomial name
	Allium flavum; L.
Synonyms
	List Allium montanum Rchb. 1848, illegitimate homonym not F.W. Schmidt 1794 ; Allium nitschmannii Willd. ex Ledeb. ; Allium pallens Rchb. 1848, illegitimate homonym not L. 1762 ; Allium paniculatum All. 1785, illegitimate homonym not L. 1759 ; Allium ruthenicum Steud. ; Allium valdense Nyman ; Allium valdensium Reut. ; Allium webbii Clementi ; Cepa flava (L.) Moench ; Codonoprasum flavum (L.) Rchb. ; Codonoprasum flexum Rchb. ; Codonoprasum pallens Rchb. ; Kalabotis flavum (L.) Raf. ; Allium tauricum (Besser ex Rchb.) Grossh. ; Allium aristatum Candargy ; Allium paczoskianum Tuzson ; Allium callistemon Webb ex Regel ; Allium sphaeropodum Klokov ; Allium villosiusculum Seregin ; Allium pseudopulchellum Omelczuk ; Allium fontanesii J.Gay ; Allium amphipulchellum Zahar. ;

Allium flavum is a species of onion native to the lands surrounding the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas, from France + Morocco to Iran + Kazakhstan. ^[3]^[4]

Allium flavum produces one bulb, and a scape up to 40 cm tall. Umbel contains bright yellow, bell shaped flowers with a pleasing scent.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Varieties + Subspecies

Numerous names have been proposed but only the following are accepted by the World Checklist^[2]

Allium flavum subsp. flavum - Turkey, central + southern Europe
Allium flavum subsp. ionochlorum Maire - Algeria, Morocco
Allium flavum var. minus Boiss. - Turkey
Allium flavum var. pilosum Kollmann & Koyuncu - Adana Province in Turkey
Allium flavum subsp. tauricum (Besser ex Rchb.) K.Richt - Middle East, Greece, Romania, Ukraine, European Russia, Caucasus, Kazakhstan

References

^ The Plant List
^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Allium flavum
^ Dave's Garden Plant Files, Allium flavum, Fragrant Yellow Onion
^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 298-299
^ Soó von Bere, Károly Rezső. 1971. Acta Botanica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. Budapest. 16(3-4): 365, as Allium flavum var. adriaticum
^ Priszter, Szaniszló. 1972. Botanikai Közlemenyek. Budapest 59(1): 46, as Allium flavum f. bulbilliferum
^ Allioni, Carlo. 1785. Flora Pedemontana sive Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Indigenarum Pedemontii ii. 157., as Allium paniculatum
^ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 19, as Kalabotis flavum

[1] The Plant List

[brandi-2] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[3] Altervista Flora Italiana, Allium flavum

[4] Dave's Garden Plant Files, Allium flavum, Fragrant Yellow Onion

[5] Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 298-299

[6] Soó von Bere, Károly Rezső. 1971. Acta Botanica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. Budapest. 16(3-4): 365, as Allium flavum var. adriaticum

[7] Priszter, Szaniszló. 1972. Botanikai Közlemenyek. Budapest 59(1): 46, as Allium flavum f. bulbilliferum

[8] Allioni, Carlo. 1785. Flora Pedemontana sive Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Indigenarum Pedemontii ii. 157., as Allium paniculatum

[9] Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 19, as Kalabotis flavum

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