Biology:Allium caspium

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Allium caspium
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: Allium subg. Melanocrommyum
Species:
A. caspium
Binomial name
Allium caspium
(Pall.) M.Bieb
Synonyms[1]
  • Allium brahuicum Boiss.
  • Amaryllis caspia (Pall.) Willd.
  • Crinum caspium Pall.
  • Allium baissunense Lipsky
  • Allium rhodanthum Vved.

Allium caspium is a species of onions named for the Caspian Sea. It is native to the southern parts of European Russia, as well as central and southwestern Asia[2][3][4][5][6]

Varieties

Two formal botanical varieties are recognized:[1]

  • Allium caspium subsp. baissunense (Lipsky) F.O.Khass. & R.M.Fritsch - Tajikistan, Uzbekistan[4]
  • Allium caspium subsp. caspium - European Russia , Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, northern Caucasus, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Plant List
  2. Flora of Pakistan
  3. Marschall von Bieberstein, Friedrich August. 1808. Flora Taurico-Caucasica 1: 265.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Khassanov, Furkat Orunbaevich & Fritsch, Reinhard M. 1994. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 26: 978.
  5. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. Peter Simon von Pallas. 1773. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs 2: 736, Crinum caspium

Wikidata ☰ Q4268498 entry