Allium guttatum
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Allium
Species:
A. guttatum
Binomial name
Allium guttatum

Allium guttatum, spotted garlic, is a species of wild garlic native to Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, the Balkan Peninsula, the Aegean Islands, Turkey, Cyprus, Romania, and Ukraine (including Crimea).[2] Described in 1809, by 1819 it was being cultivated in British gardens as an ornamental.[3]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]

  • Allium guttatum subsp. dalmaticum (A.Kern. ex Janch.) Stearn
  • Allium guttatum subsp. guttatum
  • Allium guttatum subsp. kartalkayaense Yild.
  • Allium guttatum subsp. sardoum (Moris) Stearn
  • Allium guttatum subsp. tenorei (Parl.) Soldano

References

  1. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 2: 173 (1809)
  2. 1 2 "Allium guttatum Steven". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. Miller, Phillip (1834). Miller's Dictionary of Gardening, Botany, and Agriculture. London: Orr and Smith. p. 142.
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