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Allium Subg. Rhizirideum
Rhizirideum
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".
43 branches of this group, most-observed first
German Garlic
speciesAllium lusitanicum
Mouse Garlic
speciesAllium angulosum
Siberian chives
speciesAllium nutans
Aging chive
speciesAllium senescens
Allium rubens
speciesAllium rubens
Allium flavescens
speciesAllium flavescens
Allium mongolicum
speciesAllium mongolicum
Allium anisopodium
speciesAllium anisopodium
Allium polyrhizum
speciesAllium polyrhizum
Allium denudatum
speciesAllium denudatum
Allium bidentatum
speciesAllium bidentatum
Allium stellerianum
speciesAllium stellerianum
Korean aging chive
speciesAllium spirale
Allium vodopjanovae
speciesAllium vodopjanovae
Allium tenuissimum
speciesAllium tenuissimum
Allium barsczewskii
speciesAllium barsczewskii
Ladakh Onion
speciesAllium przewalskianum
Allium eduardi
speciesAllium eduardi
Allium spurium
speciesAllium spurium
Allium tuvinicum
speciesAllium tuvinicum
Allium taishanense
speciesAllium taishanense
Prostrate Onion
speciesAllium prostratum
Allium monadelphum
speciesAllium monadelphum
Allium burjaticum
speciesAllium burjaticum
Allium austrosibiricum
speciesAllium austrosibiricum
Allium brevidentatum
speciesAllium brevidentatum
Allium czemalense
speciesAllium czemalense
Allium chiwui
speciesAllium chiwui
Allium tytthocephalum
speciesAllium tytthocephalum
Allium bellulum
speciesAllium bellulum
Allium nebularum
speciesAllium nebularum
Allium jakuticum
speciesAllium jakuticum
Allium incensiodorum
speciesAllium incensiodorum
Allium togashii
speciesAllium togashii
Allium czelghauricum
speciesAllium czelghauricum
Allium azutavicum
speciesAllium azutavicum
Allium subangulatum
speciesAllium subangulatum
Allium siphonanthum
speciesAllium siphonanthum
Allium elegantulum
speciesAllium elegantulum
Allium dentigerum
speciesAllium dentigerum
Allium yongdengense
speciesAllium yongdengense
Allium caespitosum
speciesAllium caespitosum
Allium pseudoalbidum
speciesAllium pseudoalbidum
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 899582.