Allium elmaliense is a species of onion endemic to Antalya Province in southwestern Turkey. It has spherical to egg-shaped bulbs up to 3 cm in diameter. Stipe is up to 30 cm tall. Flowers are fragrant; tepals are white with green midveins.[1][2][3]
Allium elmaliense | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Species: | A. elmaliense
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Binomial name | |
Allium elmaliense |
References
edit- ^ Ismail Gökhan Deniz & Huseyin Sümbül. 2004. Allium elmaliense (Alliaceae), a new species from SW Anatolia, Turkey. Acta Botanica Fennici 41-147-150. description in parallen Latin + English, commentary in English, line drawing
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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.