Amaryllidaceae

Allium L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 300 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subtropical Northern Hemisphere, S. Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Gulf States, Hainan, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Kuwait, Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Chile Central, Colombia, Comoros, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Falkland Is., Fiji, Galápagos, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iceland, India, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mauritania, Nauru, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Niue, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Solomon Is., South Australia, Tasmania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Victoria, Western Australia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Choi, H.J. & Oh, B.U. (2011). A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 167: 153-211.
  • Fritsch, R.M., Blattner, F.R. & Gurushidze, M. (2010). New classification of Allium L. subg. Melanocrommyum (Webb & Berthel.) Rouy (Alliaceae) based on molecular and morphological characters. Phyton: Annales Rei Botanicae 49: 145-320.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of Somalia

  • De Wilde-Duyfjes in Meded. Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen 76-11 (1976).
  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 23, 2003 Boissier, P.E.; Reuter, G.F. [s.n.] K000098756 Syntype Yes
Oct 1, 1996 Siehe, W. [598] K000464426 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Hohenacker, T.Fr. [S.n.] Azerbaijan K003719733 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 [Siaret] [Lil. 18.] K003719734 Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Guicciardi, J. [s.n.] Greece K000098765 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Pichler, T. [s.n.] Iran K000464370 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Tolmie, W.F. [s.n.] United States K000844288 Isotype Yes
van Tubergen, C.G. [s.n.] Armenia K003745368 Yes
[D D. Chesterman] [110] Cyprus K003745387 Yes
Jacquemont, V. [138] India K000844249 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bishop, J.; Jackson, S. [45] Afghanistan K003745402 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [3195] Egypt K003745496 Yes
Henry, A. [5590] China K000464605 Type Yes
Della, A. [3175] Cyprus K003745384 Yes
Tsai, H.T. [50349] China K003746950 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003745901 Yes
Rico, L.; Maxted, N.; Ali Shehadeh [2283] Cyprus K001306595 Yes
Ridley, H.F. [238] China K003746976 Yes
Licent, E. (Abbe) [8039] China K003746974 Yes
Rawi [31117] Iraq K003745393 Yes
Barkley, E.D. [5176] Iraq K003745390 Yes
Wisniewski, T. [689] K003745382 Yes
Özhatay, N.; Özhatay, E. [61830] Turkey K000464403 Isotype Yes
Cavalerie, J. [8081] China K003746935 Yes
Davis; Dodds; Cetik [20466B] Turkey K003745372 Yes
Adamovic [s.n.] Croatia K000464316 Syntype Yes
Brullo, S. [s.n.] Greece K000098768 Type Yes
Wittrock, V. [s.n.] K003715653 Yes
Ridley, H.F. [235] China K003746934 Yes
Özhatay, N.; Özhatay, E. [54107] Turkey K003745370 Yes
Kotschy, T. [450] K000464376 Type Yes
Archibald, J.C. [2409] Iran K003745396 Yes
Tozer, A. [139] Mongolia K003746971 Yes
[Sevriye] [27179A] India K003746959 Yes
Teichman, E.C. [s.n.] China K003746955 Yes
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1784] Armenia K000297281 No
Chamberlain, D.; Grey-Wilson, C.; Li, Y.; McBeath, R.; Schilling, A. [s.n.] China K003746975 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [7605] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-55144.000 No
Kass; [Nuvi] [27439] Iraq K003745392 Yes
Licent, E. (Abbe) [5487] China K003746952 Yes
Tozer [228] Mongolia K003746972 Yes
s.coll. [150] Syria K000802838 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spampinato, G. [s.n.] Italy K000098764 Type Yes
Tolmie, W.F. [s.n.] United States K000844308 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brullo, S. [s.n.] Israel K000464468 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K003715661 Yes
Tolmie, W.F. [s.n.] United States K000844307 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Turkey K003745374 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [13636] India K003746960 Yes
Harriss, S.A. [16691] India K000844276 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-02343.000 No
Cowley, E.J.; Doherty, M; Johnson [61830] Turkey K000464404 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tsiang, Y. [11534] China K003746926 Yes
Reitmayer, J.; Reitmayerova, L. [s.n.] Czech Republic K003715633 Yes
Raynal, J. [21760] Italy K003717549 Yes
Dudley; Davis [35930] Turkey K003745365 Yes
Lepcha, R. [135] K003746940 Yes
Licent, E. (Abbe) [626] China K003746953 Yes
Fang, W.P. [4226] China K003746942 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [5076] Egypt K003745497 Yes
Bowles Scholarship Bot. Exp. [1690] Iran K003745400 Yes
Fuller, G.L.C. [55] India K003746989 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003745902 Yes
Keith, H.G. [s.n.] Libya K003745579 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [7460] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-55143.000 No
Brant, J.; Strangways, W.H.F. [s.n.] K003745377 Yes
Pella, A. [2615] Cyprus K001553285 Yes
Davis; Bokhari [D55688] Iran K003745399 Yes
Wood, J.J. [237] Cyprus K:SPC-38918.000 No
Wollaston, A.F.R. [287] K003746939 Yes
s.coll. [558] Pakistan K003746946 Yes
Treseder, N. [s.n.] Korea, South K003746949 Yes
Della, A. [3249] Cyprus K003745383 Yes
Ripley, H.D. [245] Spain K003717550 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [27280] India K003746988 Yes
Tang, T. [1468] China K003746931 Yes
s.coll. [477] Pakistan K003746947 Yes
Brullo, S.; Pavone, P. [s.n.] Malta K000098767 Type Yes
Teichman, E.C. [s.n.] China K003746954 Yes
Fang, W.P. [3620] China K003746944 Yes
Wisniewski, T. [691] K003745380 Yes
Guest, E.R.; Rawi, A.; Rechinger, K.H. [17623] Iraq K003745395 Yes
Khan; Prance; Ratcliffe [486] Turkey K003745376 Yes
Becker, A. [s.n.] K000098761 Unknown Type Material Yes
Webb, W.S. [Cat. no. 5071] India K001104656 Unknown Type Material Yes
Delavay [2932] China K003746948 Yes
Davis, P.H. [14869] Turkey K003745371 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [13213] India K003746956 Yes
Menzies, A. [s.n.] K000844306 Unknown Type Material Yes
Delestre [s.n.] Algeria K000432377 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5069] Nepal K001104651 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rechinger, K.H. [35864] Afghanistan K000464355 Type Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Spain K003745586 Yes
Mokeeva, E.; Popov, M. [57] K000464566 Type Yes
Farges, R.P. [s.n.] China K003746943 Yes
Bedi, R. [1211] Bhutan K003746941 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003715654 Yes
Wilson, E.H. [4684] China K003746978 Yes
Henry, A. [9156A] China K003746980 Yes
Licent, E. (Abbé) [7972] China K003746896 Yes
Winterbottom, J.E. [575] India K003746957 Yes
Popov [176] K000464519 Type Yes
Govan, G. [Cat. no. 5071] India K001104655 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sandwith, N.Y.; Simpson, N.D. [2162] Libya K003745415 No
Özhatay, N.; Özhatay, E. [58856] Turkey K000464421 Type Yes
Tang, T. [1081] China K003746924 Yes
Baytop, T. [2452] Turkey K003718789 Yes
Ridley, H.F. [239] China K003746925 Yes
Davis; Bokhari [D56281] Iran K003745397 Yes
Rock, J.F. [13252] China K003746987 Yes
Wilson, E.H. [4680] China K003746979 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003746927 Yes
Wilson, E.H. [4683] China K003746977 Yes
Blocki, B. [s.n.] Ukraine K000098762 Syntype Yes
Tang, T. [1424] China K003746928 Yes
Bunge, A. [s.n.] K000464516 Type Yes
Bohlin, B. [2244] China K003746937 Yes
Law, Y.W. [741] China K003746932 Yes
Harriss, S.A. [16691] India K000844277 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hepper, F.N. [FNH 3452] Israel K003745378 Yes
Brullo, S.; Pavone, P. [s.n.] Cyprus K000464407 Isotype Yes
Meyer, F.N. [492] Russia K003745381 Yes
Barchet [724] China K003746933 Yes
Rawi, A. [14692] Iraq K003745394 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [13405] India K003746958 Yes
Govan, G. [Cat. no. 5071] India K001104654 Unknown Type Material Yes
Porta; Rigo [s.n.] K003717552 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [319] Egypt K003745495 Yes
Della, A. [1982] Cyprus K003745386 Yes
Peronin, A. [93] Turkey K000464466 Type Yes
Pei, C. [10310] China K003746982 Yes
[illegible] [79] K003717554 Yes
Brullo, S. [s.n.] Cyprus K000464434 Type Yes
Hummel, D. [5184] China K003746938 Yes
Davis; Bokhari [D.56029] Iran K003745398 Yes
McNeil [373] Turkey K003719963 Yes
Albury; Cheese; Watson [2059] Turkey K003745375 Yes
[J.] Wittrock [s.n.] Sweden K003715656 Yes
Horton, S.V.; [N. J. Stevens] [HS2276] Turkey K003745373 Yes
Hummel, D. [5370] China K003746936 Yes
Özhatay, N.; Özhatay, E. [54131] Turkey K003745369 Yes
Lee, C.O. [s.n.] China K003746951 Yes
Brullo [s.n.] Italy K000098860 Type Yes
Forrest, G. [20334] China K003746945 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K003717556 Yes
unknown [1297] Algeria K000432378 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tang, T. [1317] China K003746929 Yes
Mokeeva, E.; Popov, A.M. [65] K000464474 Type Yes
Lowne, B.T. [s.n.] Syria K003719368 Yes
Gandoger, M. [s.n.] Italy K003715650 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K000844275 Unknown Type Material Yes
Della, A. [2685] Cyprus K003718708 Yes
Zarrei, M. [1215] Iran K003745401 Yes
Davis [33745] Georgia K003745379 Yes
Chanet, L.; Serre, J.H. [s.n.] China K003746973 Yes
T.F.H. [4728] Cyprus K003745385 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K003715662 Yes
Forrest, G. [914] China K000464620 Type Yes
Besser, W. [s.n.] K000464562 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kass; [Nuvi] [27417] Iraq K003745391 Yes
Henry, A. [9817] China K003746981 Yes
Davis, P.H. [10601] Egypt K003745498 Yes
Ledebour, C.F. [s.n.] K000464563 Unknown Type Material Yes
van der Maesen, L.J.G.; van der Maesen-van den Brink; M.J.R. [1718] Iraq K003745388 Yes
Chiao, C.Y. [3083] China K003746930 Yes
van der Maesen, L.J.G.; van der Maesen-van den Brink; M.J.R. [1816] Iraq K003745389 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Turkey K003745366 Yes
Gandoger, M. [49] Italy K003717553 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. United Kingdom K:SPC-15133.000 No
Raynal, J. [21793] Italy K003717548 Yes
Stevens, N. [74] Turkey K000464458 Type Yes
Guichard, G.M.; Guichard, K. [T/8/60] Turkey K003745367 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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