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Allium Subg. Caloscordum
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Allium Subg. Caloscordum

Caloscordum

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".

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3 branches of this group, most-observed first

Allium neriniflorum

speciesAllium neriniflorum

Allium tubiflorum

speciesAllium tubiflorum

Allium inutile

speciesAllium inutile

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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 899577.