Allium jacquemontii is a plant species native to India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Xizang (Tibet) and Xinjiang. It grows high in the mountains at elevations of 4,000–4,500 metres (13,100–14,800 ft).[2][3]
| 高原薤 gao yuan xie | |
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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 |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Polyprason |
| Species: | A. jacquemontii
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium jacquemontii | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Allium miserabile Wendelbo | |
Allium jacquemontii forms solitary egg-shaped bulbs about 10 millimetres (0.39 in) across. Scapes are up to 40 centimetres (16 in) tall. Umbel forms a hemisphere of many densely packed red or purple flowers.[2][4][5]
Taxonomy edit
The Latin specific epithet jacquemontii refers to the French botanist and geologist Victor Jacquemont (1844–1912).[6]
References edit
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 200, Allium jacquemontii
- ^ Flora of Pakistan, Allium jacquemontii
- ^ Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1843. Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 4: 399.
- ^ Wendelbo, Per Erland Berg. 1967. Nytt Magasin for Botanikk Oslo xiv. 104.
- ^ Allen J. Coombes The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants, p. 50, at Google Books