Allium macranthum
Allium macranthum is an Asian species of wild onion native to Bhutan, Sikkim, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Tibet. It grows in wet places at elevations of 2700–4200 metres.[3][4][5]
大花韭 da hua jiu | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Species: | A. macranthum |
Binomial name | |
Allium macranthum | |
Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Allium macranthum has short, thick roots and a cylindrical bulb. Scapes are up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are flat, long, and thin, about the same length as the scapes but less than 2 cm across. Umbels have only a few purple, bell-shaped flowers.[3][6][7][8][9][10]
References
- Tropicos
- The Plant List
- Flora of China v 24 p 176 Allium macranthum
- Noltie, H.J. (1994). Flora of Bhutan 3(1): 1-456. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
- "Digital Flora of Bhutan, Allium macranthum". Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
- Baker, John Gilbert. 1874. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 12(142): 293.
- Regel, Eduard August von. 1884. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 8: 658.
- Augustin Abel Hector Léveillé. 1913. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 12(325–330): 288.
- line drawing of Allium macranthum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 170, 1-4
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Bhutan, Allium macranthum
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