Allium flavum

Allium flavum

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. Allium
Sectio: A. sect. Codonoprasum
Species: Allium flavum
Subspecies: A. f. subsp. flavum – A. f. subsp. ionochlorum – A. f. subsp. tauricum

Varietates: A. f. var. minus – A. f. var. pilosum

Name

Allium flavum L., 1753

Synonyms

• Cepa flava (L.) Moench
• Codonoprasum flavum (L.) Rchb.
• Kalabotis flavum (L.) Raf.

Homonyms

• Allium flavum Salisb., nom. illeg. = Allium moly subsp. moly

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Krym, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia Continental: Africa Algeria, Morocco Continental: Asia-Temperate East Aegean Is., Iran, Kazakhstan, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkey References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 298. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Allium flavum 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 flavum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sep 04. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Gelber Lauch
English: yellow onion
suomi: Rikkilaukka
français: Ail jaune

For more multimedia, look at Allium flavum on Wikimedia Commons.