Allium cyrilli

cyrillic garlic
Allium cyrilli subsp. asumaniae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Subgenus:	Allium subg. Melanocrommyum
Species:	A. cyrilli
Binomial name
Allium cyrilli Ten.
Synonyms [1]
Allium auctumOmelczuk Allium fragransCirillo ex Ten. Allium nigrum var. cyrilli(Ten.) Fiori

Allium cyrilli is a plant species native to Greece, Turkey, and to the Apulia region of southeastern Italy. ^[2]

Allium cyrilli has one egg-shaped bulb wide, fleshy leaves that are U-shaped in cross section. Umbel consists of a large number of flowers crowded together, all with long fleshy pedicels. Scape is robust, up to 100 cm tall. Tepals are pale lavender with prominent green midstripes. These surround a large and conspicuous deep purple ovary with 3 lobes. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. The Plant List
2. Altervista, Flora Italiana, Sched di Botanica, Allium cyrilli
3. Tenore, Michele. 1827. Flora Napolitana 3: 364 1827.
4. Fiori, Adriano. 1896. Flora Analitica d'Italia 1: 202.
5. Omelczuk, Taisija Yakivlivna. 1962. Ukrayins'kyi Botanicnyi Zhurnal. Kiev. 19(2): 24.
6. "Őzhatay, Neriman Fatma & Ilker Genç 2013. Allium cyrilli complex (sect. Melanocrommyum ) in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany 37:39.45" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-03-28.