Allium sinaiticum

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Allium sinaiticum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. sinaiticum
Binomial name
Allium sinaiticum

Allium sinaiticum is a species of flowering plant in the Amaryllidaceae family. [1] It is a wild onion found in sandy areas in Israel, Sinai, Palestine, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. [2] It is a small, bulb-forming perennial; flowers have white tepals with green midveins. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Allium sinaiticum Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  2. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ "Flora of Israel Online, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Allium sinaiticum". Archived from the original on 2014-03-30. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
  4. ↑ Boissier, Pierre Edmond. 1854. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum 13: 31.
  5. ↑ Chaudhary, S.A. (2001). Flora of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 3: 1-368. Ministry of Agriculture & Water, Riyadh.
  6. ↑ Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  7. ↑ Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
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