Allium cristophii
Allium cristophii, common name Persian onion or Star of Persia;[6][7] is a species of onion native to Turkey, Iran, and Turkmenistan, though grown as an ornamental bulbous plant in many parts of the world.[3] It may be sold under the synonym of Allium albopilosum.
| Star of Persia Лук Христофа | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. cristophii
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Star of Persia is a member of the onion subfamily within the amaryllis family. It grows to 60 cm (24") and is cultivated in gardens for its large showy (umbels) of silvery pink star-shaped flowers, 20–25 cm (8-10") in diameter, which appear in early summer. The flowers are followed by attractive fruiting clusters. The plant has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[8][9]
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ 1904 illustration from Curtis's botanical magazine volume 130, series 3, number 60, plate 7982, as Allium albopilosum (http://www.botanicus.org/page/451490) Author Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911)
- ^ Trautvetter, Ernst Rudolf von. 1884. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 9(1): 268.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Fritsch, R. M. 1999. (1419) Proposal to conserve the name Allium cristophii, preferably with the spelling A. christophii, against A. bodeanum (Liliaceae). Taxon 48(3): 577–579.
- ^ Brummitt, R. K. 2001. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 51. Taxon 50(2): 559–568.
- ^ "Allium cristophii". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ Allium cristophii at Flower Growing Guides of Cornell University
- ^ "Allium cristophii". Archived from the original on 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ^ Fritsch, R. M. 1999. (1419) Proposal to conserve the name Allium cristophii, preferably with the spelling A. christophii, against A. bodeanum (Liliaceae). Taxon 48(3): 577–579.
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