Allium curtum

Allium curtum is a Middle Eastern species of onion in the amaryllis family.[1]

Allium curtum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. curtum
Binomial name
Allium curtum Boiss. & Gaill.
Synonyms[1]
Allium aegyptiacum (Täckh. & Drar) Seregin Allium curtum subsp. aegyptiacum Täckh. & Drar Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. curtum (Boiss. & Gaill.) Duyfjes Allium curtum subsp. typicum Feinbrun Allium sanctum Seregin

Plant is a bulb-forming perennial producing a tight, head-like umbel of green or purple flowers.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Subspecies accepted[1]

• Allium curtum subsp. curtum - Egypt incl Sinai, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus
• Allium curtum subsp. palaestinum Feinbrun - Rafah region in northeastern Sinai

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. "Flora of Israel Online". Archived from the original on 2014-03-30. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
3. Pierre Edmond Boissier & Charles Gaillardot. 1859. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae ser. 2, 4: 116.
4. Feinbrun, Naomi. 1943. Polish Botanical Journal 4: 14.
5. Duyfjes-de Wilde, Brigitta Emma Elisabeth. 1976. Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool 76(11): 52.
6. Täckholm, Vivi & Drar, Mohammed. 1954. Flora of Egypt 3: 69., Allium curtum subsp. aegyptiacum
7. Seregin, Alexey Petrovich. 2004. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii. Moscow & Leningrad 36: 101, Allium aegyptiacum