Allium curtum
| Allium curtum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Tribe: | Allieae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. curtum |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium curtum Boiss. & Gaill. | |
| 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
- 1 2 3 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
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