Allium paniculatum

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Allium paniculatum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Allium
Species:
A. paniculatum
Binomial name
Allium paniculatum
L. (1759)
Synonyms [1]
Species synonymy
  • Allium acutiflorumBové ex Regel (1875), not validly publ
  • Allium albidumC.Presl (1822), nom. illeg.
  • Allium pallens subsp. paniculatum(L.) Arcang. (1882)
  • Allium paniculatum var. caucasicumRegel (1875)
  • Allium paniculatum subsp. caucasicum(Regel) K.Richt. (1890)
  • Allium paniculatum subsp. genuinumCout. (1913), not validly publ.
  • Allium paniculatum var. legitimumLedeb. (1852), not validly publ.
  • Allium paniculatum subsp. paniculatum
  • Allium paniculatum var. typicumRegel (1875), not validly publ.
  • Cepa paniculata(L.) Moench (1794)
  • Kalabotis paniculatum(L.) Raf. (1837)
  • Porrum paniculatum(L.) Moench (1802)
  • Raphione paniculata(L.) Salisb. (1866), not validly publ.

Allium paniculatum, common name pale garlic, [2] is a species of monocot in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is widely cultivated and is now naturalized in several places outside its native range. [3]

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Description

Allium paniculatum produces several egg-shaped bulbs, each up to 1.5 cm across. It has no rhizomes. Leaves are tubular and hollow, up to 35 cm long. Scape is round in cross-section, solid, up to 75 cm tall. Inflorescence is (despite the name of the species referring to a panicle) an umbel with as many as 100 flowers. Flowers are bell-shaped, about 6 mm across; tepals white to lilac; pollen and anthers yellow. [4] [5]

Taxonomy

A. paniculatum is placed within section Codonoprasum, subgenus Allium. The species has been regarded as highly variable, with up to 30 taxa included in what has been referred to as the A. paniculatum complex, many of which are now regarded as separate species within the section, including Allium dentiferum , A. fuscum , A. galileum , A. oleraceum , A. pallens , and A. tenuiflorum . [6]

Many taxa from within the section have been incorrectly attributed to this species causing uncertainty regarding morphological diversity and geographic distribution. For instance, the species has been described as widely spread through the whole Euro-Mediterranean and Irano-Turanian areas, as well as in North Africa. However, the type specimen comes from Ukraine and South Russia. [6] [7]

Phylogenetically, A. paniculatum is in a sister relationship with three other species, namely A. oleraceum and the two western autumnal taxa, A. savii and A. telmatum, forming a subclade within the section. [6]

Distribution and habitat

Allium paniculatum has been reported from every European country bordering on the Black and Mediterranean Seas, including the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Crete. It is also considered native in Portugal, the Czech Republic, Hungary, western Siberia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and Palestine. It has become naturalized in California, New York State, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, and South Australia. [8] [9] Recent phylogenetic studies demonstrate that the species' true distribution is in the countries around the Black and Caspian seas, including Bulgaria, Ukraine and Crimea, European Russia, the Caucasus, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, and western Siberia. [1]

In European Russia, Ukraine, and Crimea it is typically found in dry grasslands (steppes), including on ancient burial mounds, where it grows association with other steppe plants. [6]

The species has been collected in the vicinity of San Francisco Bay in California, as well as isolated locales in Essex County in northeastern New York State. This is of concern because the species has the potential to become a noxious weed. It tends to grow in disturbed sites such as roadsides, cultivated fields, etc. [4] [8]

Related Research Articles

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Allium oleraceum, the field garlic, is a Eurasian species of wild onion. It is a bulbous perennial that grows wild in dry places, reaching 30 centimetres (12 in) in height. It reproduces by seed, bulbs and by the production of small bulblets in the flower head. Unlike A. vineale, it is very rare with A. oleraceum to find flower-heads containing bulbils only. In addition, the spathe in A. oleraceum is in two parts.

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<i>Allium neapolitanum</i> Species of plant

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<i>Phleum</i> Genus of grasses

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<i>Allium nigrum</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Allium roseum</i> Species of flowering plant

Allium roseum, commonly called rosy garlic, is an edible, Old World species of wild garlic. It is native to the Mediterranean region and nearby areas, with a natural range extending from Portugal and Morocco to Turkey and the Palestine region. It is cultivated widely, and has become naturalised in scattered locations in other regions outside its natural range.

<i>Allium ramosum</i> Species of flowering plant

Allium ramosum, called fragrant-flowered garlic or Chinese chives is a northern Asian species of wild onion native to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, the Russian Far East, and northern China. The species is also naturalized in a few places in eastern Europe. In its native range, it grows at elevations of 500–2100 m.

<i>Allium rubens</i> Species of flowering plant

Allium rubens, the reddish onion, is a species of onions native to Siberia, European Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Xinjiang. It grows in sunlit locations on steppes and scrublands.

<i>Allium carinatum</i> Species of flowering plants

Allium carinatum, the keeled garlic or witch's garlic, is a bulbous perennial flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is widespread across central and southern Europe, with some populations in Asiatic Turkey. It is cultivated in many places as an ornamental and also for its potently aromatic bulbs used as a food flavoring.

Allium decipiens is a Eurasian species of garlic in the amaryllis family native to eastern Europe and western Asia.

<i>Allium flavum</i> Species of flowering plant

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

<i>Allium pallens</i> Species of flowering plant

Allium pallens is a species of wild onion native to the Mediterranean region and Middle East from Portugal and Algeria to Iran.

<i>Allium angulosum</i> Species of flowering plant

Allium angulosum, the mouse garlic, is a species of garlic native to a wide region of central Europe and northern Asia, from France and Italy to Siberia and Kazakhstan.

<i>Tulipa suaveolens</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Allium oporinanthum</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Allium</i> Genus of flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae

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<i>Halocnemum</i> Genus of flowering plants

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The precise taxonomy of the genus Allium is still poorly understood with incorrect descriptions being widespread. With over 850 species distributed over the Northern hemisphere Allium is the sole genus in the Allieae, one of four tribes of subfamily Allioideae (Amaryllidaceae). New species continue to be described and Allium is both highly variable and one of the largest monocotyledonous genera, but the precise taxonomy of Allium is poorly understood, with incorrect descriptions being widespread. The difficulties arise from the fact that the genus displays considerable polymorphism and has adapted to a wide variety of habitats. Furthermore, traditional classications had been based on homoplasious characteristics. However, the genus has been shown to be monophyletic, containing three major clades, although some proposed subgenera are not. Some progress is being made using molecular phylogenetic methods, and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, including the 5.8S rDNA and the two spacers ITS1 and ITS2, is one of the more commonly used markers in the study of the differentiation of the Allium species.

<i>Allium inaequale</i> Species of plant

Allium inaequale is a species of wild onion in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Ukraine, Crimea, central and southern European Russia, the northern Caucasus, and Kazakhstan. There it is often found growing on kurgans.

References

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  7. Vojtěchová K., Kobrlová L., Schönswetter P. & Duchoslav M. (2023) Disentangling the taxonomic structure of the Allium paniculatum species complex in central and eastern Europe using molecular, cytogenetic and morphological tools. – Preslia 95: 119–163, https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2023.119
  8. 1 2 BONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis, Allium paniculatum
  9. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families