Allium caeruleum

Allium caeruleum

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. Coerulea
Species: Allium caeruleum

Name

Allium caeruleum Pall., (1773).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Allium azureum Ledeb., Fl. Altaic. 2: 13. (1830).
  • Allium caerulescens G.Don, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 6: 34. (1832).
  • Allium viviparum Kar. & Kir., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 1841: 852. (1841).

Homonyms

• Allium caeruleum Wall. (1831), nom. inval. = Allium wallichii var. wallichii
• Allium caeruleum Stschegl. (1854), nom. illeg. = Allium caesium Schrenk

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Altay, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, South European Russia, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Pallas, P.S. 1996. Reise Russ. Reich. 2: 737.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Allium caeruleum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sep 03. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: blue globe onion, blue ornamental onion, blue-of-the-heavens, blue-flowered garlic
suomi: Sinilaukka
svenska: Azurlök

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