Allium tenuissimum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Rhizirideum |
| Species: | A. tenuissimum
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium tenuissimum | |
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Allium tenuissimum var. purpureum Regel | |
Allium tenuissimum is an Asian species of wild onion native to Mongolia, Asiatic Russia, Korea, Kazakhstan and China.[1][2][3]
Allium tenuissimum produces a cluster of small, narrow bulbs. Scapes are up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, shorter than the scapes, about 10 mm in diameter. Flowers are white or pink with a narrow red midvein along each of the tepals.[2][4][5][6][7][8][9]
- Varieties[1]
- Allium tenuissimum var. nalinicum S.Chen - Inner Mongolia
- Allium tenuissimum var. tenuissimum - most of specific range
- formerly included[1]
- Allium tenuissimum var. anisopodium, now called Allium anisopodium
- Allium tenuissimum f. zimmermannianum, now called Allium anisopodium var. zimmermannianum
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 185 细叶韭 xi ye jiu Allium tenuissimum
- ^ Choi, H.J. and Oh, B.U. (2011), A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 167: 153–211. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01166.x
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 301.
- ^ Chen, Shan. 1983. Flora Intramongolica 8: 348, 199.
- ^ Sun, Qi-shi. 1992. Flora Liaoningica 2: 717.
- ^ Regel, Eduard August von. 1887. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 10(1): 342.
- ^ Regel, Eduard August von. 1875. Alliorum Adhuc Cognitorum Monographia 175.
- ^ MU Qi yun (Department of Food Engineering,Shaanxi Normal University,Xian 710062,China);Study on the chemical composition of the flower of Allium tenuissimum by GC-MS[J];Acta Botanica Boreali-occidentalia Sinica;2001-06