Biology:Allium longistylum

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Short description: Species of plant

Allium longistylum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. longistylum
Binomial name
Allium longistylum
Baker
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Allium hopeiense Nakai
  • Allium jeholense Franch.

Allium longistylum, also called riverside chive,[3] is a species of wild onion native to Korea and northern China (Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi). It grows at elevations of 1500–3000 m.[4][5]

Allium longistylum has bulbs rarely more than 8 mm across. Scape is up to 50 cm high. Leaves are about the same length as the scape but only 2–3 mm across. Umbels are spherical. Flowers are red or reddish-purple.[4][6][7][8][9]

References

  1. The Plant List
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. English Names for Korean Native Plants. Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. pp. 347. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf. Retrieved 17 December 2016. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Flora of China v 24 p 192 长柱韭 chang zhu jiu Allium longistylum
  5. Choi, H.J. & Oh, B.U. (2011). A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 167: 153-211.
  6. Baker, John Gilbert. 1874. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 12(142): 294.
  7. line drawing of Allium longistylum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 210, 1-4
  8. Nakai, Takenoshin. 1943. Journal of Japanese Botany 19:316.
  9. Franchet, Adrien René. 1884. Plantae Davidianae ex Sinarum Imperio 1: 305.

Wikidata ☰ Q15225334 entry