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Allium tenuiflorum

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Allium tenuiflorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Allium
Species:
A. tenuiflorum
Binomial name
Allium tenuiflorum
Ten. 1814 not Delastre 1842
Synonyms[1]
  • Allium montanum Guss. 1826, illegitimate homonym not F.W. Schmidt 1794
  • Allium pallens subsp. tenuiflorum (Ten.) Stearn
  • Allium paniculatum var. tenoreanum Maire & Weiller
  • Allium paniculatum subsp. tenuiflorum (Ten.) K.Richt.
  • Allium tenuiflorum var. pseudotenuiflorum Pamp.
  • Allium tenuifolium Friv. 1828, illegitimate homonym not Salisb. 1796

Allium tenuiflorum is a Mediterranean species of wild onion found in Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Italy including Sardinia, and the Balkans.[2][3]

Allium tenuiflorum produces a bulb up to 20 mm long. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. Umbel is lax with uneven pedicels. Flowers are bell-shaped, tepals white with green or purple midveins and white anthers. Ovary at flowering time yellow-green.[4][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List
  2. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Schede di botanica, Allium tenuiflorum
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Tenore, Michele. 1811. Flora Napolitana: ossia, Descrizione delle piante indigene del regno di Napoli, e delle piu rare specie di piante esotiche coltivate ne' Giardini ... Napoli : Nella Stamperia reale 1: 165, t. 30.
  5. ^ Maire, René Charles Joseph Ernest, & Weiller, Marc. 1958. Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 5: 279, Allium paniculatum var. tenoreanum
  6. ^ E-monocots, Amaryllidaceae, Allium tenuiflorum