Amaryllidaceae
Allium

Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng.

First published in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 38 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to China (SW. Shanxi). It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, China North-Central, Nepal, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Alabama, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Comoros, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Japan, Kansas, Korea, Massachusetts, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nebraska, New York, Philippines, Romania, Seychelles, Thailand, Tibet, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Barger, T.W. & al. (2012). New and noteworthy records for the flora of Alabama. Castanea 77: 257-269.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Choi, H.J. & Oh, B.U. (2011). A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 167: 153-211.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1987). A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Monocotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 20: 19-129.
  • Gilli, C. & al. (2020). Floristische Neufunde (376-429). Neilreichia 11: 165-227.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hara, H., Stearn, W.T. & Williams, H.J. (1978). An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 1: 1-154. Trustees of British Museum, London.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.
  • Nasir, E. (1975). Flora of Pakistan 83: 1-31. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Ohwi, J. (1984). Flora of Japan (in English): 1-1067. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  • Seregin, A. & Korniak, T. (2013). Allium ramosum L. (Amaryllidaceae), a neglected alien in the European flora and its oldest record from Poland. Phytotaxa 134: 61-64.
  • Singh, N.P. & Sanjappa, M. (eds.) (2006). Alliaceae, Liliaceae, Trilliaceae & Uvulariaceae. Fascicles of Flora of India 23: 1-134. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.
  • Smitinand, T. & Larsen, K. (eds.) (1978). Flora of Thailand 1: 1-694. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Thaman, R.R., Fosberg, F.R., Manner, H.I. & Hassall, D.C. (1994). The Flora of Nauru. Atoll Research Bulletin 392: 1-223.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 6: 1-619. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.
  • Zhengyi, W. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2000). Flora of China 24: 1-431. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Barger, T.W. & al. (2012). New and noteworthy records for the flora of Alabama. Castanea 77: 257-269.
  • Berry, M. (2021). Adventures and aliens news 24. BSBI News 148: 37-44.
  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1987). A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Monocotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 20: 19-129.
  • Gilli, C. & al. (2020). Floristische Neufunde (376-429). Neilreichia 11: 165-227.
  • Hara, H., Stearn, W.T. & Williams, H.J. (1978). An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 1: 1-154. Trustees of British Museum, London.
  • Kalkman, C. & al. (eds.) (1992-1994). Flora Malesiana 11: 1-768. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.
  • Ohwi, J. (1984). Flora of Japan (in English): 1-1067. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Seregin, A. & Korniak, T. (2013). Allium ramosum L. (Amaryllidaceae), a neglected alien in the European flora and its oldest record from Poland. Phytotaxa 134: 61-64.
  • Singh, N.P. & Sanjappa, M. (eds.) (2006). Alliaceae, Liliaceae, Trilliaceae & Uvulariaceae. Fascicles of Flora of India 23: 1-134. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.
  • Smitinand, T. & Larsen, K. (eds.) (1978). Flora of Thailand 1: 1-694. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Thaman, R.R., Fosberg, F.R., Manner, H.I. & Hassall, D.C. (1994). The Flora of Nauru. Atoll Research Bulletin 392: 1-223.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 6: 1-619. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.
  • Zhengyi, W. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2000). Flora of China 24: 1-431. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[W. Gallan] [s.n.] India K003747332 Yes
Pa, N.M. [17444] Burma K003746984 Yes
Baines, R.; Luke, A.; Summers, A.; Ritchie, W.; Hong, Q.B.; Nguyen, D.V.; Nguyen, K.S. [401] Vietnam K001569768 Yes
Sykes, S.; Williams [8158] Nepal K003747325 Yes
s.coll. [5832] Bangladesh K003747336 Yes
Garrett, H.B.G. [853] Thailand K003746985 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [1542] India K003747327 Yes
Schomburgk, R. [326] Thailand K003747334 Yes
Meebold, A. [4887] India K003747331 Yes
White, O.T. [12650] K003747324 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [26558] India K003747333 Yes
Put [3300] Thailand K003746986 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [6] India K003747329 Yes
Turrill, W.B. [s.n.] K003747326 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] China Allium tuberosum K003747321 Yes
Winterbottom, J.E. [966] India Allium tuberosum K003747322 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5068] Allium tuberosum K001104649 Unknown Type Material Yes
Webster, G.L.; Nasir, E. [6321] India Allium tuberosum K003747319 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] China Allium tuberosum K003747317 Yes
Siddiqi, M.A.; Nasir, Y.; Zaff[ur] Ali [4096] Pakistan Allium tuberosum K003747323 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] China Allium tuberosum K003747320 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] China Allium tuberosum K003747318 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5068] Allium tuberosum K001104650 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clarke, C.B. [29260] India Allium clarkei K000844280 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clarke, C.B. [30505] India Allium clarkei K000844279 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clarke, C.B. [30505] India Allium clarkei K000844278 Unknown Type Material Yes

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