Amaryllidaceae
Allium

Allium amethystinum Tausch

First published in Syll. Pl. Nov. 2: 256 (1828)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & E. Medit. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Meikle, R.D. (1985). Flora of Cyprus 2: 833-1970. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n. ] K003719215 Yes
Dudey [D35003] Türkiye K003719221 Yes
Sakamoto, S.; Kobayashi, H.; [80-7-10-11-6] Greece K003719219 Yes
Mathew, B. [11085] Türkiye K003719217 Yes
Zmarzty, S.; Atkins, S. [150] Türkiye K003719216 Yes
Baytop, A.; Baytop, T. [9681] Türkiye K003719220 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [261] Türkiye K003719222 Yes
Zmarzty, S.; Atkins, S. [s.n. ] Türkiye K003719218 Yes
Syngrassides, A.I. [440] Cyprus K003719224 Yes
Rechinger, K.H.; Rechinger, F. [8518] Greece K003719225 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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 Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images