Allium pallens
| Allium pallens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Tribe: | Allieae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. pallens |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium pallens L. 1762 not Rchb. 1848. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Synonymy
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Allium pallens is a species of wild onion native to the Mediterranean region and Middle East from Portugal and Algeria to Iran. [2][3]
Allium pallens produces a single egg-shaped bulb. Scape is up to 50 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are long, narrow, and fleshy. Flowers are bell-shaped, some nodding while others in the same umbel erect, the tepals white or pale purple with prominent green or purple midveins.[4][5][6][7][8]
- formerly included[9]
- Allium pallens var. grandiflorum, now called Allium litardierei
- Allium pallens var. pseudooleraceum, now called Allium oleraceum
- Allium pallens var. savii, now called Allium savii
- Allium pallens subsp. siciliense , now called Allium lehmannii
- Allium pallens subsp. tenuiflorum , now called Allium tenuiflorum
References
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Allium pallens
- ↑ Flora of Israel On-line, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Allium pallens
- ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1762. Species Plantarum, Edition 2, 1: 427.
- ↑ Zahariadi, Constantine. 1975. Biologia Gallo-Hellenica; Travaux des Groupes Franco-helleniques et de la Station Keramou 6(1): 53, Allium amblyanthum
- ↑ Bolòs, Oriol de, Masalles, R.M. & Vigo Bonada, Josep. 1988. Collectanea Botanica (Barcelona) 17(1): 95, Allium paniculatum subsp. stearnii
- ↑ Pastor Díaz, Julio Enrique, & Valdés Castrillón, Benito. 1983. Revisión del Género Allium (Liliaceae) en la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares 86, Allium stearnii
- ↑ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 19, Kalabotis pallens
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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