Amaryllidaceae
Allium

Allium siculum Ucria

First published in Nuova Racc. Opusc. Aut. Sicil. 6: 250 (1793)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Medit. to Romania. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bulgaria, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Krym, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe

Introduced into:

Great Britain

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berry, M. (2022). Adventures and aliens news 27. BSBI News 151: 34-44.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Friesen, N. (2007). Personal Communication on Alliaceae 7 OSN, Osnabrueck, Germany.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Nectaroscordum siculum.]

Kew Species Profiles

  • Stearn, W.T. (1955). Allium bulgaricum. Curtis’s Bot. Mag. 170: tab. 257.
  • Stearn, W.T. (1978). Nectaroscordum siculum subsp. bulgaricum (Janka) Stearn. Annales Musei Goulandris 4: 104.
  • The Plant List (2010). Allium siculum.
  • World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010). The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berry, M. (2022). Adventures and aliens news 27. BSBI News 151: 34-44.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Cope, T.A. [RBG 457] United Kingdom Nectaroscordum siculum K000914586 Yes
Cope, T.A. [RBG 457] United Kingdom Nectaroscordum siculum K000914587 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
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