Allium ledebourianum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamilia: Allioideae
Tribus: Allieae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Cepa
Sectio: A. sect. Schoenoprasum
Species: Allium ledebourianum
Name

Allium ledebourianum Schult.f., 1830.

Typus: RUSSIA: Altai, in paludosis ad fl. Belaja Uba et Koksum (LE!).
Synonyms

Homotypic

Allium uliginosum Ledeb., Fl. Altaic. 2: 16. 1830, nom. illeg.

Heterotypic

Allium ledebourianum var. purpurascens Regel, Index Seminum (LE) 1863: 29. 1863.

References

Govaerts, R. & al. 2006. World Checklist of selected plant families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens. 2010 June 04 [1]
Schultes, J.H. 1830. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis (Roemer & Schultes) 7(2): 1029.

Vernacular names
日本語: アサツキ

Allium ledebourianum is an Asian species of wild onion native to central and northeastern Asia: Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia (Altay Krai, Khabarovsk, Primorye, Sakhalin), and China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang).[1] It occurs at elevations up to 1800 m elevation.[3][4][5][6]

Allium ledebourianum has a cluster of narrow bulbs up to 20 mm across. Scapes are up to 100 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, shorter than the scape. Umbel is hemispheric, densely crowded with many purple flowers; tepals pale purple with darker purple midvein.[3][7][8][9][10]

Formerly included[1]

Allium ledebourianum var. maximowiczii (Regel) Q.S.Sun, now called Allium maximowiczii Regel
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
"Allium ledebourianum Schult. & Schult.f. — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
"Allium ledebourianum in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
Malyschev L.I. & Peschkova , G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 4: 1-238. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
"Image". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
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Roemer & Schultes. 1830. Systema Vegetabilium 7(2): 1029.
Ledebour, Karl Friedrich von. 1830. Flora Altaica 2: 16.