Allium tenuissimum

Allium tenuissimum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Subgenus:	A. subg. Rhizirideum
Species:	A. tenuissimum
Binomial name
Allium tenuissimum L.
Synonyms [1]
Allium tenuissimum var. purpureumRegel

Allium tenuissimum is an Asian species of wild onion native to Mongolia, Asiatic Russia, Korea, Kazakhstan and China. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Allium tenuissimum produces a cluster of small, narrow bulbs. Scapes are up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, shorter than the scapes, about 10 mm in diameter. Flowers are white or pink with a narrow red midvein along each of the tepals. ^{[2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Varieties ^[1]

• Allium tenuissimum var. nalinicumS.Chen - Inner Mongolia
• Allium tenuissimum var. tenuissimum - most of specific range

formerly included ^[1]

• Allium tenuissimum var. anisopodium, now called Allium anisopodium
• Allium tenuissimum f. zimmermannianum, now called Allium anisopodium var. zimmermannianum

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Flora of China v 24 p 185 细叶韭 xi ye jiu Allium tenuissimum
3. Choi, H.J. and Oh, B.U. (2011), A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 167: 153–211. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01166.x
4. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 301.
5. Chen, Shan. 1983. Flora Intramongolica 8: 348, 199.
6. Sun, Qi-shi. 1992. Flora Liaoningica 2: 717.
7. Regel, Eduard August von. 1887. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 10(1): 342.
8. Regel, Eduard August von. 1875. Alliorum Adhuc Cognitorum Monographia 175.
9. MU Qi yun (Department of Food Engineering,Shaanxi Normal University,Xian 710062,China);Study on the chemical composition of the flower of Allium tenuissimum by GC-MS[J];Acta Botanica Boreali-occidentalia Sinica;2001-06