Allium griffithianum

Allium griffithianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Allieae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. griffithianum
Binomial name
Allium griffithianum
Boiss.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Allium bahri Regel
  • Allium jacquemontii var. grandiflorum (Boiss.) Aswal
  • Allium kuschakewiczii Regel
  • Allium rubellum var. grandiflorum Boiss.
  • Allium tenue Regel
  • Allium tschulpias Regel

Allium griffithianum is an Asian species of onion found in the high mountains of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. It is a perennial herb up to 40 cm tall, with a hemispherical umbel of flowers, white or light pink or pale purple.[3][2][4][5][6][7]

References

  1. The Plant List
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Flora of Pakistan
  4. Pierre Edmond Boissier. 1859. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae ser. 2, 4: 117.
  5. Merkodovich, N.A. (ed.) (1941). Flora Uzbekistana 1: 1-566. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
  6. Ovczinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 2: 1-454. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva
  7. Lazkov, G.A., Ganybaeva, M.R. & Toktosunova, K.R. (2007). New and rare species for the flora of Kirghizia. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 92: 1071-1076.
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