Allium decaisnei

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Allium decaisnei
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. decaisnei
Binomial name
Allium decaisnei
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Allium stamineum subsp. decaisnei(C.Presl) Kollmann

Allium decaisnei is a species of onion found in Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. [2] It is a perennial with an upright scape. Umbel is loose, with long-pediceled green flowers, most of them nodding (drooping). [3] [4] [5]

Some authorities categorize this taxon as a subspecies of A. stamineum, [6] [7] with others consider the name a synonym of A. flavum. [8]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ "Flora of Israel Online". Archived from the original on 2014-03-30. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
  4. ↑ Presl, Carl Bořivoj. 1845. Abhandlungen der königlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften V, 3: 544.
  5. ↑ Kollmann, Fania Weissmann. 1986. Flora of Palestine 4: 87, Allium stamineum subsp. decaisnei
  6. ↑ Kollmann, Fania Weissmann 1986. Flora Palaestina 4: 87
  7. ↑ Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  8. ↑ Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
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