Allium antonii-bolosii is a species of onion in the Amaryllis family, commonly called the Mallorca onion. It is native to the Balearic Islands in the western Mediterranean (Mallorca, Menorca, and Cabrera), part of Spain.[2][3][4]
| Mallorca onion | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. antonii-bolosii
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium antonii-bolosii | |
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The plant is sometimes classified as a variety of Allium cupani.[5]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List Allium antonii-bolosii
- ^ Pedro Palau. 1953. Anales del Instituto Botánico A. J. Cavanilles 11: 485, Allium antonii-bolosii
- ^ Llorens, Leonardo. 1979. Mediterranea 3: 101
- ^ Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, La Universitat de València, Herbarivirtual, Allium antoni-bolosii P. Palau subsp. antoni-bolosii color photo; description in Catalan
- ^ Bolòs, Oriol de & Vigo Bonada, Jose. 2001. Flora Manual del Països Catalans 4: 118