Allium decaisnei

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Allium decaisnei
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Kingdom: Plantae
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]

Onion vegetable

The onion, also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. Its close relatives include the garlic, shallot, leek, chive, and Chinese onion.

Israel country in the Middle East

Israel, also known as the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia, located on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively, and Egypt to the southwest. The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. Israel's economic and technological center is Tel Aviv, while its seat of government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, although the state's sovereignty over Jerusalem has only partial recognition.

State of Palestine De jure state in the Middle East

Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a de jure sovereign state in Western Asia claiming the West Bank and Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as the designated capital, although its administrative center is currently located in Ramallah. The entirety of territory claimed by the State of Palestine has been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War in 1967. Palestine has a population of 4,816,503 as of 2016, ranked 123rd in the world.

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

Allium stamineum is a species of onion found in the Middle East.

<i>Allium flavum</i> species of plant

Allium flavum, the small yellow onion or yellow-flowered garlic, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium, which also includes the flowering and culinary onions and garlic. A bulbous herbaceous perennial, it is native to the lands surrounding the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas, from France + Morocco to Iran + Kazakhstan.

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<i>Allium trifoliatum</i> species of plant

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Allium sinaiticum is a Middle Eastern species of wild onion found in sandy areas in Israel, Sinai, Palestine, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. It is a small, bulb-forming perennial; flowers have white tepals with green midveins.

<i>Allium desertorum</i> species of plant

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<i>Allium rothii</i> species of plant

Allium rothii is a plant species found in Israel, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, and Jordan. It is a bulb-forming perennial with an umbel of flowers. Tepals are white with deep purple midveins; stamens and ovaries conspicuously deep purple.

Allium dumetorum is a Middle Eastern species of onion found in Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan. It is a bulb-forming perennial with a few pinkish flowers; ovary pale green.

<i>Allium daninianum</i> species of plant

Allium daninianum is a species of onion found in Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan. It is a bulb-forming perennial with a long, flexuous scape. Umbel is lax, the pink flowers long-pedicelled and mostly drooping.

Allium qasyunense is a Middle Eastern species of onions in the amaryllis family, found in Israel, Palestine, Syria and Jordan. It is a bulb-forming perennial with an umbel of cream-colored flowers.

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Allium rupicola is a species of onion found in Israel, Turkey, Lebanon and Syria. It has a rosette of leaves plus a scape bearing an umbel of pink flowers.

<i>Allium zebdanense</i> species of plant

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<i>Allium tel-avivense</i> species of plant

Allium tel-avivense is a plant species found in Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Egypt, including the Sinai Peninsula. It is a bulb-forming perennial with a small umbel of only a few flowers. Tepals are pink, and the ovary is large, green and conspicuous.

Allium sannineum is a plant species found in the Levant. It is a bulb-forming perennial with an umbel of flowers crowded together, resembling a head. Tepals are deep blue of violet with fringed edges.

<i>Allium schubertii</i> species of plant

Allium schubertii, which has various common names including ornamental onion, flowering onion, tumbleweed onion and Persian onion, is a species of monocotyledonous flowering plant from the onion and garlic genus, in the subfamily Allioideae part of the Amaryllidaceae which occurs in the Levant and Libya.

Allium erdelii is a plant species found in Israel, Palestine Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Libya and Jordan. It is a bulb-forming perennial with a small umbel of creamy-white flowers.

Allium truncatum is a plant species found in Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Turkey. It is a bulb-forming perennial producing an umbel of many urn-shaped purple flowers.

<i>Allium tardiflorum</i> species of plant

Allium tardiflorum is a plant species found in Israel. It is a bulb-forming perennial producing an umbel of flowers late in the season, in September or October. Flowers are on long pedicels, forming a lax umbel. Tepals are green with purple midveins and purple margins.

Allium negevense is a plant species found in Israel and Palestine. It is a small plant adapted to life in the Negev Desert. It umbel contains only a few white flowers.

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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