Allium cernuum

Taxonavigation

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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. Amerallium
Sectio: A. sect. Lophioprason
Subsectio: A. subsect. Cernua
Species: Allium cernuum

Name

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Allium cernuum Roth, Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(2): 40. 1798.

Synonyms

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Homotypic
  • Calliprena cernua (Roth) Salisb., Gen. Pl.: 89. 1866.
  • Cepa cernua (Roth) Moench, Suppl. Meth.: 80. 1802.
  • Gynodon cernuum (Roth) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 18. 1837.
Heterotypic
  • Allium alatum Schreb. ex Roth, Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(3): 40. 1798.
  • Allium allegheniense Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 1: 263. 1903.
  • Allium cernuum f. alba J.K.Henry, Ottawa Naturalist 31: 56. 1917.
  • Allium cernuum f. obtusum Cockerell, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 18: 173. 1891.
  • Allium cernuum subsp. neomexicanum (Rydb.) Traub & Ownbey, Pl. Life 23: 110. 1967.
  • Allium cernuum subsp. obtusum (Cockerell) Traub & Ownbey, Pl. Life 23: 110. 1967.
  • Allium cernuum var. neomexicanum (Rydb.) J.F.Macbr., Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 5. 1918.
  • Allium cernuum var. obtusum (Cockerell) Cockerell, Contr. W. Bot. 10: 8. 1902.
  • Allium neomexicanum Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 541. 1899.
  • Allium nutans Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. 7: 1088. 1830), nom. illeg.
  • Allium oxyphilum Wherry, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 15: 370. 1925.
  • Allium recurvatum Rydb., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 94. 1900.
  • Allium tricorne Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 270. 1810.
  • Gynodon elliotii Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 18. 1837.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • Alabama; Alberta; Arizona; Arkansas; British Columbia; Colorado; District of Columbia; Georgia; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kentucky; Maryland; Mexico Northeast; Michigan; Minnesota; Missouri; Montana; Nebraska; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Ontario; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Saskatchewan; South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Virginia; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

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English: Nodding onion, Lady's leek
svenska: Prärielök
 
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