Allium orientale
| Allium orientale | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | Allium subg. Melanocrommyum |
| Species: | A. orientale |
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| Allium orientale | |
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Allium orientale is a species of wild garlic/onion native to the eastern Mediterranean; Libya, Egypt, Sinai, the Levant, Cyprus and Anatolia.[2] It has high genetic variation but is not widely distributed, suggesting that it may contain cryptic species.[3]
References
- ^ Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 25 (1854)
- ^ "Allium orientale Boiss". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ Gurushidze, M.; Fritsch, R.; Blattner, F. (2008). "Phylogenetic analysis of Allium subg. Melanocrommyum infers cryptic species and demands a new sectional classification". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49 (3): 997–1007. Bibcode:2008MolPE..49..997G. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.003. PMID 18824112.