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Allium griffithianum

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Allium griffithianum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. griffithianum
Binomial name
Allium griffithianum
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Allium bahri Regel
  • Allium jacquemontii var. grandiflorum (Boiss.) Aswal
  • Allium kuschakewiczii Regel
  • Allium rubellum var. grandiflorum Boiss.
  • Allium tenue Regel
  • Allium tschulpias Regel

Allium griffithianum is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae.[3] It is an onion found in the high mountains of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. It is a perennial herb up to 40 cm tall, with a hemispherical umbel of flowers, white or light pink or pale purple.[4][2][5][6][7][8]

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ "Allium griffithianum Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  4. ^ Flora of Pakistan
  5. ^ Pierre Edmond Boissier. 1859. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae ser. 2, 4: 117.
  6. ^ Merkodovich, N.A. (ed.) (1941). Flora Uzbekistana 1: 1-566. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
  7. ^ Ovczinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 2: 1-454. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva
  8. ^ Lazkov, G.A., Ganybaeva, M.R. & Toktosunova, K.R. (2007). New and rare species for the flora of Kirghizia. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 92: 1071-1076.