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Allium
Allium is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants that includes hundreds of species, including the cultivated onion, garlic, scallion, shallot, leek, and chives. The generic name Allium is the Latin word for garlic, and the type species for the genus is Allium sativum which means "cultivated garlic".
10 branches of this group, most-observed first
Oenoprason
subsectionOenoprason
Allium subsection Allium
subsectionAllium
Allium murat-sonayi
speciesAllium murat-sonayi
Allium brevipes
speciesAllium brevipes
Allium bilgilii
speciesAllium bilgilii
Allium fethiyense
speciesAllium fethiyense
Allium antalyense
speciesAllium antalyense
Allium frigidum
speciesAllium frigidum
Allium sosnovskyanum
speciesAllium sosnovskyanum
Allium abbasii
speciesAllium abbasii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.229
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.221
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.225
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.26
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.320
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.219
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.220
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.55
Herbarius
1485 · p.26
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.23
Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.27
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.21
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Allium in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1080313.