Biology:Allium iliense

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Allium

Allium iliense
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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. iliense
Binomial name
Allium iliense
Regel[1]

Allium iliense is a species of wild onion native to southeastern Kazakhstan.[2] Living in sandy areas, its loose inflorescence can detach when ripe and roll in the wind, spreading seeds much further in the manner of a tumbleweed.[3]

References

  1. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 41(II): 452 (1868)
  2. "Allium iliense Regel". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:528184-1. 
  3. Fritsch, Reinhard M. (2016). A Preliminary Review of Allium subg. Melanocrommyum in Central Asia. Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben. pp. 1–288. doi:10.5447/IPK/2016/60. 

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