cyrillic garlic
"Allium cyrilli" subsp. "asumaniae"
Allium cyrilli subsp. asumaniae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: Allium subg. Melanocrommyum
Species:
A. cyrilli
Binomial name
Allium cyrilli
Synonyms[1]
  • Allium auctum Omelczuk
  • Allium fragrans Cirillo ex Ten.
  • Allium nigrum var. cyrilli (Ten.) Fiori

Allium cyrilli is a plant species native to Greece, Turkey, and to the Apulia region of southeastern Italy.[2]

Allium cyrilli has one egg-shaped bulb wide, fleshy leaves that are U-shaped in cross section. Umbel consists of a large number of flowers crowded together, all with long fleshy pedicels. Scape is robust, up to 100 cm tall. Tepals are pale lavender with prominent green midstripes. These surround a large and conspicuous deep purple ovary with 3 lobes.[3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List
  2. ↑ Altervista, Flora Italiana, Sched di Botanica, Allium cyrilli
  3. ↑ Tenore, Michele. 1827. Flora Napolitana 3: 364 1827.
  4. ↑ Fiori, Adriano. 1896. Flora Analitica d'Italia 1: 202.
  5. ↑ Omelczuk, Taisija Yakivlivna. 1962. Ukrayins'kyi Botanicnyi Zhurnal. Kiev. 19(2): 24.
  6. ↑ "Őzhatay, Neriman Fatma & Ilker Genç 2013. Allium cyrilli complex (sect. Melanocrommyum ) in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany 37:39.45" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
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