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Allium Subg. Butomissa
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Allium Subg. Butomissa

Butomissa

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

Garlic Chives

speciesAllium tuberosum

branchy onion

speciesAllium ramosum

Allium oreoprasum

speciesAllium oreoprasum

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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 899576.