Allium koenigianum
Appearance
Allium koenigianum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Species: | A. koenigianum
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Binomial name | |
Allium koenigianum |
Allium koenigianum, or Koenig's onion, is a species of onion that is endemic to the Erzurum and Çoruh regions of Turkey.[2][3]
The species is very rare and quite possibly extinct. It is only known from two records dating from the 1920s.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Özhatay, N. & Ekim, T. (2014). "Allium koenigianum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T199877A2616292. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T199877A2616292.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ Grossheim, Alexander Alfonsovich 1928. ФЛора Кавказа (Flora Kavkaza) 1: 200
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families