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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".
41 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Allium Subg. Amerallium
subgenusAmerallium
Allium Subg. Allium
subgenusAllium
Allium Subg. Anguinum
subgenusAnguinum
Allium Subg. Cepa
subgenusCepa
Allium Subg. Melanocrommyum
subgenusMelanocrommyum
Allium Subg. Rhizirideum
subgenusRhizirideum
Allium Subg. Butomissa
subgenusButomissa
Allium Subg. Polyprason
subgenusPolyprason
Allium Subg. Reticulatobulbosa
subgenusReticulatobulbosa
Allium Subg. Nectaroscordum
subgenusNectaroscordum
Allium Subg. Porphyroprason
subgenusPorphyroprason
Allium Subg. Cyathophora
subgenusCyathophora
Allium Subg. Microscordum
subgenusMicroscordum
Allium Subg. Caloscordum
subgenusCaloscordum
Allium praemixtum
speciesAllium praemixtum
Allium virgunculae
speciesAllium virgunculae
Long-Stamen Himalayan Onion
speciesAllium stracheyi
Allium beijingense
speciesAllium beijingense
Allium Subg. Vvedenskya
subgenusVvedenskya
Allium chloroneurum
speciesAllium chloroneurum
Allium svetlanae
speciesAllium svetlanae
Allium albovianum
speciesAllium albovianum
Allium austrokyushuense
speciesAllium austrokyushuense
Allium jucundum
speciesAllium jucundum
Allium remediorum
speciesAllium remediorum
Allium goulimyi
speciesAllium goulimyi
Allium loratum
speciesAllium loratum
Allium fanjingshanense
speciesAllium fanjingshanense
Allium oreophiloides
speciesAllium oreophiloides
Allium cremnophilum
speciesAllium cremnophilum
Allium cylleneum
speciesAllium cylleneum
Allium yesilyurtense
speciesAllium yesilyurtense
Allium candargyi
speciesAllium candargyi
Allium orosamium
speciesAllium orosamium
Allium pythagoricum
speciesAllium pythagoricum
Allium pignattii
speciesAllium pignattii
Allium popovii
speciesAllium popovii
Allium antonii-bolosii
speciesAllium antonii-bolosii
Allium isauricum
speciesAllium isauricum
Allium sivasicum
speciesAllium sivasicum
Allium nemrutdaghense
speciesAllium nemrutdaghense
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 47357.