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Allium - Onions
Description of the genus
Perennial, scapose herbs with a bulbous base, smelling strongly of onions. Leaves mainly linear, sometimes broader. Flowers borne in a terminal umbel; bulbils often present between the flowers; sometimes replacing them. Perianth-segments persistent. Stamens free or connate. Style gynobasic. Fruit a membranous capsule; seeds black, 1-2 per loculus. Worldwide: c.690 species from Eurasia to Africa, Sri Lanka and Mexico Britain: 25 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Species code | Content |
| ampeloprasum L. | ||
| carinatum L. | ||
| cepa L. | ||
| cyrilli Ten. | ||
| ericetorum Thore | ||
| fistulosum L. | ||
| moly L. | ||
| neapolitanum Cirillo | ||
| nigrum L. | ||
| oleraceum L. | ||
| paniculatum L. subsp. fuscum (Waldst. & Kit.) Arcang. | ||
| paradoxum (M. Bieb.) G. Don | ||
| pendulinum Ten. | ||
| porrum L. | ||
| roseum L. | ||
| sativum L. | ||
| schoenoprasum L. | ||
| scorodoprasum L. | ||
| sphaerocephalon L. | ||
| subhirsutum L. | ||
| triquetrum L. | ||
| tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng. | ||
| unifolium Kellogg | ||
| ursinum L. | Description, Image | |
| vineale L. |
Other sources of information about Allium:
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): AlliumGoogle: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Allium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Allium
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Allium
Kew Monocotyledon checklist: Allium
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