Allium atropurpureum
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| Allium atropurpureum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Tribe: | Allieae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. atropurpureum |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium atropurpureum Waldst. & Kit. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Allium nigrum var. atropurpureum (Waldst. & Kit.) Vis. | |
Allium atropurpureum is a plant species native to Hungary, the Balkans, and Turkey.[1] It is widely grown as an ornamental for its rich, deep purple flowers. [2][3]
Allium atropurpureum produces a spherical to egg-shaped bulb. Scape is up to 100 cm tall. Leaves are broadly linear, up to 7 mm across, tapering at the tip. Umbel is hemispherical, with many dark purple flowers. Ovary is very dark purple, almost black.[4][5]
- formerly included
The name Allium atropurpureum var. hirtulum Regel was coined in 1875,[6] referring to a Central Asian plant now known as Allium stipitatum Regel.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Visiani, Roberto de. 1842. Flora Dalmatica 1: 136.
- ↑ Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
- ↑ Waldstein, Franz de Paula Adam von & Pál Kitaibel. 1800. Descriptiones et icones plantarum rariorum Hungariae 1: 16.
- ↑ Őzhatay, Neriman Fatma & Ilker Genç 2013. Allium cyrilli complex (sect. Melanocrommyum ) in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany 37:39.45.
- ↑ Regel, Eduard August von 1875. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 3(2): 248 in German
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