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- ›amaryllis, onions, and allies
- ›onion subfamily
- ›Allieae
- ›Allium
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- ›Codonoprasum
Codonoprasum
Allium is a large genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants with 1112 accepted species, making Allium the largest genus in the family Amaryllidaceae and among the largest plant genera in the world. Many of the species are edible, and some have a long history of cultivation and human consumption such as the onion, garlic, scallions, shallots, leeks, and chives.
Allium species occur in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere, except for a few species occurring in Chile (such as A. juncifolium), Brazil (A. sellovianum), and tropical Africa (A. spathaceum). They vary in height between 5–150 centimetres (2–59 in). The flowers form an umbel at the top of a leafless stalk. The bulbs vary in size between species, from small (around 2–3 mm in diameter) to rather large (8–10 cm). Some species (such as Welsh onion A. fistulosum and leeks (A. ampeloprasum)) develop thickened leaf-bases rather than forming bulbs as such.
49 branches of this group, most-observed first
field garlic
speciesAllium oleraceum
Allium paniculatum
speciesAllium paniculatum
Allium pallens
speciesAllium pallens
Allium praescissum
speciesAllium praescissum
Allium kunthianum
speciesAllium kunthianum
Allium longispathum
speciesAllium longispathum
Allium tenuiflorum
speciesAllium tenuiflorum
Allium podolicum
speciesAllium podolicum
Allium litardierei
speciesAllium litardierei
Allium rupestre
speciesAllium rupestre
Allium oporinanthum
speciesAllium oporinanthum
Allium tardiflorum
speciesAllium tardiflorum
Allium galileum
speciesAllium galileum
Allium dinaricum
speciesAllium dinaricum
Allium antiatlanticum
speciesAllium antiatlanticum
Allium goumenissanum
speciesAllium goumenissanum
Allium marginatum
speciesAllium marginatum
Pale garlic
speciesAllium fuscum
Allium savii
speciesAllium savii
Fall Rhodian Garlic
speciesAllium archeotrichon
Allium tardans
speciesAllium tardans
Allium karsianum
speciesAllium karsianum
Allium telmatum
speciesAllium telmatum
Allium valdesianum
speciesAllium valdesianum
Allium macedonicum
speciesAllium macedonicum
Allium calabrum
speciesAllium calabrum
Allium corsicum
speciesAllium corsicum
Allium convallarioides
speciesAllium convallarioides
Allium diomedeum
speciesAllium diomedeum
Allium rhodopeum
speciesAllium rhodopeum
Allium autumnale
speciesAllium autumnale
Allium pilosum
speciesAllium pilosum
Allium apulum
speciesAllium apulum
Allium beypazariense
speciesAllium beypazariense
Allium beitchlelaense
speciesAllium beitchlelaense
Allium therinanthum
speciesAllium therinanthum
Allium pseudotelmatum
speciesAllium pseudotelmatum
Allium garbarii
speciesAllium garbarii
Allium brulloi
speciesAllium brulloi
Allium anzalonei
speciesAllium anzalonei
Allium exaltatum
speciesAllium exaltatum
Allium chloranthum
speciesAllium chloranthum
Allium bassitense
speciesAllium bassitense
Allium julianum
speciesAllium julianum
Allium dirphianum
speciesAllium dirphianum
Allium istanbulense
speciesAllium istanbulense
Allium agrigentinum
speciesAllium agrigentinum
Allium glumaceum
speciesAllium glumaceum
Allium djimilense
speciesAllium djimilense
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 1256743.