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]

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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.