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Allium subsection Allium
Allium
Allium is a large genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants with 1112 accepted species, making Allium the largest genus in the family Amaryllidaceae and among the largest plant genera in the world. Many of the species are edible, and some have a long history of cultivation and human consumption such as the onion, garlic, scallions, shallots, leeks, and chives.
Allium species occur in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere, except for a few species occurring in Chile (such as A. juncifolium), Brazil (A. sellovianum), and tropical Africa (A. spathaceum). They vary in height between 5–150 centimetres (2–59 in). The flowers form an umbel at the top of a leafless stalk. The bulbs vary in size between species, from small (around 2–3 mm in diameter) to rather large (8–10 cm). Some species (such as Welsh onion A. fistulosum and leeks (A. ampeloprasum)) develop thickened leaf-bases rather than forming bulbs as such.
35 branches of this group, most-observed first
Wild Leek Complex
complexAllium ampeloprasum
Allium scorodoprasum
complexAllium scorodoprasum
Garlic
speciesAllium sativum
Allium acutiflorum
speciesAllium acutiflorum
Allium nathaliae
speciesAllium nathaliae
Allium pseudocalyptratum
speciesAllium pseudocalyptratum
Allium pyrenaicum
speciesAllium pyrenaicum
Allium judaeum
speciesAllium judaeum
Allium erzincanicum
speciesAllium erzincanicum
Allium notabile
speciesAllium notabile
Allium macrochaetum
speciesAllium macrochaetum
Allium tuncelianum
speciesAllium tuncelianum
Allium willeanum
speciesAllium willeanum
Allium drusorum
speciesAllium drusorum
Allium cappadocicum
speciesAllium cappadocicum
Allium longicollum
speciesAllium longicollum
Allium subnotabile
speciesAllium subnotabile
Allium alibile
speciesAllium alibile
Allium yamadagense
speciesAllium yamadagense
Allium aybukeae
speciesAllium aybukeae
Allium ekimianum
speciesAllium ekimianum
Allium pervariense
speciesAllium pervariense
Allium dictyoscordum
speciesAllium dictyoscordum
Allium gypsodictyum
speciesAllium gypsodictyum
Allium talyschense
speciesAllium talyschense
Allium asirense
speciesAllium asirense
Allium pseudophanerantherum
speciesAllium pseudophanerantherum
Allium enginii
speciesAllium enginii
Allium rollovii
speciesAllium rollovii
Allium oltense
speciesAllium oltense
Allium mardinense
speciesAllium mardinense
Allium pustulosum
speciesAllium pustulosum
Allium sintenisii
speciesAllium sintenisii
Allium pervestitum
speciesAllium pervestitum
Allium trachycoleum
speciesAllium trachycoleum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.229
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.221
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.225
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.26
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.320
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.219
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.220
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.55
Herbarius
1485 · p.26
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.23
Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.27
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.21
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1080360.