Biology:Allium guttatum

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Allium

Allium guttatum
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Allium guttatum tepals have spots
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Allium
Species:
A. guttatum
Binomial name
Allium guttatum
Steven[1]

Allium guttatum, spotted garlic, is a species of wild garlic native to Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, the Balkan Peninsula, the Aegean Islands, Turkey, Cyprus, Romania, and Ukraine (including Crimea).[2] Described in 1809, by 1819 it was being cultivated in British gardens as an ornamental.[3]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]

  • Allium guttatum subsp. dalmaticum (A.Kern. ex Janch.) Stearn
  • Allium guttatum subsp. guttatum
  • Allium guttatum subsp. kartalkayaense Yild.
  • Allium guttatum subsp. sardoum (Moris) Stearn
  • Allium guttatum subsp. tenorei (Parl.) Soldano

References

  1. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 2: 173 (1809)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Allium guttatum Steven". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:528133-1. 
  3. Miller, Phillip (1834). Miller's Dictionary of Gardening, Botany, and Agriculture. London: Orr and Smith. p. 142. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4268518 entry