Amaryllidaceae
Allium

Allium giganteum Regel

First published in Gartenflora 32: 91 (1883)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Iran to Central Asia. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Iran, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Recorded in error in:

Turkey

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Behçet, L., Kaval, I & Rüstemoglu, M. (2012). Three new records for Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany 36: 637-643.
  • Fritsch, R.M. & Abbasi, M. (2013). A taxonomic review of Allium subg. Melanocrommyum in Iran: 1-240. IPK Gatersleben, Germany.
  • Fritsch, R.M., Blattner, F.R. & Gurushidze, M. (2010). New classification of Allium L. subg. Melanocrommyum (Webb & Berthel.) Rouy (Alliaceae) based on molecular and morphological characters. Phyton: Annales Rei Botanicae 49: 145-320.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Komarov, V.L. (ed.) (1935). Flora SSSR 4: 1-586. Izdatel'stov Akademii Nauk SSSR, Leningrad.
  • Merkodovich, N.A. (ed.) (1941). Flora Uzbekistana 1: 1-566. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
  • Ovczinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 2: 1-454. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fritsch, R.M. & Abbasi, M. (2013). A taxonomic review of Allium subg. Melanocrommyum in Iran: 1-240. IPK Gatersleben, Germany.
  • Merkodovich, N.A. (ed.) (1941). Flora Uzbekistana 1: 1-566. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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

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