Allium nebrodense

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamilia: Allioideae
Tribus: Allieae
Genus: Allium
Species: Allium nebrodense
Name

Allium nebrodense Guss., Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 1: 404. 1827.
Synonyms

Homotypic
Allium flavum subsp. nebrodense (Guss.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 740. 1882.
Allium flavum var. nebrodense (Guss.) Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(2): 189. 1875.
Allium carinatum var. nebrodense (Guss.) Fiori, Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 269. 1923.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Sicilia (Sicily)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Gussone, G. 1827. Florae Siculae Prodromus (sive, Plantarum in Sicilia ulteriori nascentium enumeratio secundum systema Linnaeanum disposita). Vol. 1. 592 + 11 pp., Neapoli, ex regia typographia. Hathitrust Google. Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2017. Allium nebrodense. Published online. Accessed: Sep 10 2017.
The Plant List 2013. Allium nebrodense in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sep 10.
Tropicos.org 2017. Allium nebrodense. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Sep 2017.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Allium nebrodense in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sep 10. Reference page.

Vernacular names
español: Ajo del Nebrodi
italiano: Aglio dei Nebrodi
русский: Allium nebrodense

Allium nebrodense is a rare Italian species of wild onion. It is found only on the Island of Sicily in southern Italy.[2][3][4]

Allium nebrodense is unusual in the genus is that the scape is not erect but rather ascending (horizontal in the lower part, then curving upwards). Spathes are also unusual in their conspicuousness, narrowing to a pair of long red claws on either side of the umbel, much longer than the umbel itself. The flowers themselves are yellow.[5][6]
References

The Plant List
Altervista Flora Italiana, Aglio dei Nebrodi, Allium nebrodense
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Piante di Sicilia, Allium nebrodense Guss. in Italian, with photos
Gussone, Giovanni. 1827. Florae siculae prodromus i. 404.
Nyman, Carl Frederik. 1882. Conspectus florae europaeae : seu Enumeratio methodica plantarum phanerogamarum Europae indigenarum, indicatio distributionis geographicae singularum etc. 740..