Allium gilgiticum

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Gilgit onion
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:A. gilgiticum
Binomial name
Allium gilgiticum
F.T. Wang & Tang

Allium gilgiticum is an Asian species of onion, [1] a rare and quite possibly extinct species. It is known only from the type collection, gathered in the 1930s in Gilgit District in Pakistan, high in the Himalayas, part of the Kashmir region long disputed with India. The plant is about 50 cm tall, with a hemispheric umbel of purple flowers. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Asia Earths largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres. It shares the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe and the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Europe and Africa. Asia covers an area of 44,579,000 square kilometres (17,212,000 sq mi), about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the site of many of the first civilizations. Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population, but also dense and large settlements, as well as vast barely populated regions. Its 4.5 billion people constitute roughly 60% of the world's population.

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, leek, chive, and Chinese onion.

Type (biology) Specimen(s) to which a scientific name is formally attached

In biology, a type is a particular specimen of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached. In other words, a type is an example that serves to anchor or centralize the defining features of that particular taxon. In older usage, a type was a taxon rather than a specimen.

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References

  1. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Flora of Pakistan
  3. ↑ Wang, Fa Tsuan & Tang, Tsin. 1937. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology; Botany. Peiping [Beijing] 7: 294.
  4. ↑ Nasir, E. (1975). Flora of Pakistan 83: 1-31. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  5. ↑ Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  6. ↑ Singh, N.P. & Sanjappa, M. (eds.) (2006). Alliaceae, Liliaceae, Trilliaceae & Uvulariaceae. Fascicles of Flora of India 23: 1-134. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi
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