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Allium melananthum

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Allium melananthum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. melananthum
Binomial name
Allium melananthum

Allium melananthum, called ajo oscuro (dark garlic), ajo negro (black garlic) or ajo de flor negra (black-flowered garlic), is a species of wild garlic native to southeast coastal areas of Spain.[2] It is similar to three other species of Allium of the western Mediterranean; A. pruinatum, A. sphaerocephalon and A. ebusitanum, but can be distinguished from them by its dark purple to blackish-purple tepals, and its exerted stamens.[3]

References

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  1. ^ J. Bot. (Morot) 9: 336 (1895)
  2. ^ "Allium melananthum Coincy". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. ^ Aedo, Carlos (2006). "Is Allium ebusitanum (Alliaceae) an endemic species from Ibiza?". Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid. 63 (2). doi:10.3989/ajbm.2006.v63.i2.2.