Allium cupani

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Allium cupani
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. cupani
Binomial name
Allium cupani
Raf. (1810) [1]
Subspecies [2]
  • Allium cupani subsp. cupani
  • Allium cupani subsp. cyprium Meikle
Synonyms [2]
  • Allium cupani f. typicumVindt (1953), not validly publ.
  • Allium cupani var. typicumHalácsy (1904), not validly publ.

Allium cupaniRaf. is a species of wild onion from the central and eastern Mediterranean region. [1]

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Subspecies

Two subspecies are accepted. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Allium cupani", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2016-08-15
  2. 1 2 3 "Allium cupani Raf". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  3. "Allium cupani subsp. cupani". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 28 August 2024.