Allium koenigianum

Koenig's onion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species: A. koenigianum
Binomial name
Allium koenigianum
Grossh.

Koenig's onion (Allium koenigianum) is a species of onion that is endemic to the Erzurum and Çoruh regions of Turkey.[2][3]

The species is very rare and quite possibly extinct. It is only known from two records dating from the 1920s.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Özhatay, N. & Ekim, T. (2014). "Allium koenigianum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. Grossheim, Alexander Alfonsovich 1928. ФЛора Кавказа (Flora Kavkaza) 1: 200
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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