Allium curtum

Allium curtum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Subgenus:	A. subg. Allium
Species:	A. curtum
Binomial name
Allium curtum Boiss. & Gaill.
Synonyms [1]
Allium aegyptiacum(Täckh. & Drar) Seregin Allium curtum subsp. aegyptiacumTäckh. & Drar Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. curtum(Boiss. & Gaill.) Duyfjes Allium curtum subsp. typicumFeinbrun Allium sanctum Seregin

Allium curtum is species of flowering plant in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. It is native to Cyprus, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, the Sinai Peninsula, Syria and Turkey. ^{[2] [1]} It is a bulb-forming perennial producing a tight, head-like umbel of green or purple flowers. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Subspecies accepted ^[1]

• Allium curtum subsp. curtum - Egypt incl Sinai, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus
• Allium curtum subsp. palaestinumFeinbrun - Rafah region in northeastern Sinai

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. "Allium curtum Boiss. & Gaill". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
3. "Flora of Israel Online". Archived from the original on 2014-03-30. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
4. Pierre Edmond Boissier & Charles Gaillardot. 1859. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae ser. 2, 4: 116.
5. Feinbrun, Naomi. 1943. Polish Botanical Journal 4: 14.
6. Duyfjes-de Wilde, Brigitta Emma Elisabeth. 1976. Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool 76(11): 52.
7. Täckholm, Vivi & Drar, Mohammed. 1954. Flora of Egypt 3: 69., Allium curtum subsp. aegyptiacum
8. Seregin, Alexey Petrovich. 2004. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii. Moscow & Leningrad 36: 101, Allium aegyptiacum