Allium decaisnei

Allium decaisnei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. decaisnei
Binomial name
Allium decaisnei
C.Presl
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Allium stamineum subsp. decaisnei (C.Presl) Kollmann

Allium decaisnei is a species of onion found in Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.[2] It is a perennial with an upright scape. Umbel is loose, with long-pediceled green flowers, most of them nodding (drooping).[3][4][5]


Some authorities categorize this taxon as a subspecies of A. stamineum,[6][7] with others consider the name a synonym of A. flavum.[8]

References

  1. The Plant List
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Flora of Israel Online
  4. Presl, Carl Bořivoj. 1845. Abhandlungen der königlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften V, 3: 544.
  5. Kollmann, Fania Weissmann. 1986. Flora of Palestine 4: 87, Allium stamineum subsp. decaisnei
  6. Kollmann, Fania Weissmann 1986. Flora Palaestina 4: 87
  7. Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  8. Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
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