Allium thunbergii

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Allium thunbergii
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Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa' in the garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal, Madison, Wisconsin
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. thunbergii
Binomial name
Allium thunbergii
Synonyms [1]
Synonymy
  • Allium arenariumThunb.
  • Allium bakeri var. morrisonense(Hayata) T.S.Liu & S.S.Ying
  • Allium bakeri var. morrisonense(Hayata) Tang S. Liu & S.S. Ying
  • Allium cyaneum f. stenodon(Nakai & Kitag.) Kitag.
  • Allium cyaneum var. stenodon(Nakai & Kitag.) Kitag.
  • Allium japonicumSteud.
  • Allium morrisonenseHayata
  • Allium nerinifoliumBaker
  • Allium odorumThunb. 1784, illegitimate homonym not L. 1767
  • Allium plurifoliatum var. stenodon(Nakai & Kitag.) J.M.Xu
  • Allium pseudocyaneumGrüning
  • Allium sacculiferum var. glaucumP.P.Gritz.
  • Allium sacculiferum var. robustumP.P.Gritz.
  • Allium senescensThunb.
  • Allium stenodonNakai & Kitag.
  • Allium triquetrumLour.
  • Allium yamarakyoHonda
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Allium thunbergii, Thunberg's chive [2] or Thunberg garlic, [3] is an East Asian species of wild onion native to Japan (incl Bonin + Ryukyu Islands), Korea, and China (incl. Taiwan). [4] It grows at elevations up to 3000 m. The Flora of China recognizes A. tunbergii and A. stenodon as separate species, but more recent sources combine the two. [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Allium thunbergii produces one or two egg-shaped bulbs up to 20 mm in diameter. Scapes are up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are longer than the scape, hollow, triangular in cross-section. Umbels are crowded with many red or purple flowers. [5] [6] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

The specific epithet thunbergii references the Swedish botanist Carl Peter Thunberg. [15]

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. [3]

Varieties [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 The Plant List
  2. Korea National Arboretum (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: National Arboretum. p. 348. ISBN   978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2016 via Korea Forest Service.
  3. 1 2 "Allium thunbergii". Royal Horticultural Society. 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. 1 2 Flora of China v 24 p 197, Allium thunbergii
  6. 1 2 Flora of China v 24 p 179, Allium stenodon
  7. Ohwi, J. (1984). Flora of Japan (in English): 1-1067. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  8. Kobayashi, S. & Ono, M. (1987). A Revised List of Vascular Plants Indigenous and Introduced to the Bonin (Ogasawara) and the Volcano (Kazan) Islands. Ogasawara Research 13: 1-55.
  9. Choi & Oh 2011.
  10. Don, George. 1827. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 6: 84.
  11. Nakai, Takenoshin & Kitagawa, Masao. 1934. Report of the First Scientific Expedition to Manchoukou 4(1): 18, pl. 6., as Allium stenodon
  12. Liu, Tang Shui & Ying, Shao Shun. 1978. Flora of Taiwan 5: 45
  13. P.P.Gritsenko. 1979. Byull. Vses. Ord. Lenina Inst. Rast. N.I. Vavilova 96: 23
  14. line drawing of Allium thunbergii, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 221, 1-4
  15. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   978-1845337315.

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