Allium melananthum, called ajo oscuro (dark garlic), ajo negro (black garlic) or ajo de flor negra (black-flowered garlic), is a species of wild garlic native to southeast coastal areas of Spain.[2] It is similar to three other species of Allium of the western Mediterranean; A. pruinatum, A. sphaerocephalon and A. ebusitanum, but can be distinguished from them by its dark purple to blackish-purple tepals, and its exerted stamens.[3]
| Allium melananthum | |
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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. melananthum
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium melananthum | |
References edit
- ^ J. Bot. (Morot) 9: 336 (1895)
- ^ "Allium melananthum Coincy". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ Aedo, Carlos (2006). "Is Allium ebusitanum (Alliaceae) an endemic species from Ibiza?". Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid. 63 (2). doi:10.3989/ajbm.2006.v63.i2.2.