Allium curtum
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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. Allium |
| Species: | A. curtum
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| Allium curtum | |
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Allium curtum is species of flowering plant in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. It is native to Cyprus, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, the Sinai Peninsula, Syria and Turkey.[2][1] It is a bulb-forming perennial producing a tight, head-like umbel of green or purple flowers.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
- Subspecies accepted[1]
- Allium curtum subsp. curtum - Egypt incl Sinai, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus
- Allium curtum subsp. palaestinum Feinbrun - Rafah region in northeastern Sinai
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "Allium curtum Boiss. & Gaill". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ "Flora of Israel Online". Archived from the original on 2014-03-30. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
- ^ Pierre Edmond Boissier & Charles Gaillardot. 1859. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae ser. 2, 4: 116.
- ^ Feinbrun, Naomi. 1943. Polish Botanical Journal 4: 14.
- ^ Duyfjes-de Wilde, Brigitta Emma Elisabeth. 1976. Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool 76(11): 52.
- ^ Täckholm, Vivi & Drar, Mohammed. 1954. Flora of Egypt 3: 69., Allium curtum subsp. aegyptiacum
- ^ Seregin, Alexey Petrovich. 2004. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii. Moscow & Leningrad 36: 101, Allium aegyptiacum