Allium atropurpureum

Allium atropurpureum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamilia: Allioideae
Tribus: Allieae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Melanocrommyum
Sectio: A. sect. Melanocrommyum
Species: Allium atropurpureum

Name

Allium atropurpureum Waldst. & Kit., 1800

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Allium nigrum var. atropurpureum (Waldst. & Kit.) Vis.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Austria; Bulgaria; Czechoslovakia; Hungary; Romania; Turkey-in-Europe; Yugoslavia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Waldstein, F. de P.A. von & Kitaibel, P., Descriptiones et Icones Plantarum Rariorum Hungariae 1:16, t. 17. 1800
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Allium atropurpureum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Allium atropurpureum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sep 03. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: purple-flowered onion
suomi: Viinilaukka
русский: Лук тёмно-пурпуровый

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