Allium cyrilli
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| Allium cyrilli subsp. asumaniae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | Allium subg. Melanocrommyum |
| Species: | A. cyrilli
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium cyrilli Ten.
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Allium cyrilli is a plant species native to Greece, Turkey, and to the Apulia region of southeastern Italy.[2]
Allium cyrilli has one egg-shaped bulb wide, fleshy leaves that are U-shaped in cross section. Umbel consists of a large number of flowers crowded together, all with long fleshy pedicels. Scape is robust, up to 100 cm tall. Tepals are pale lavender with prominent green midstripes. These surround a large and conspicuous deep purple ovary with 3 lobes.[3][4][5][6]
References
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ Altervista, Flora Italiana, Sched di Botanica, Allium cyrilli
- ^ Tenore, Michele. 1827. Flora Napolitana 3: 364 1827.
- ^ Fiori, Adriano. 1896. Flora Analitica d'Italia 1: 202.
- ^ Omelczuk, Taisija Yakivlivna. 1962. Ukrayins'kyi Botanicnyi Zhurnal. Kiev. 19(2): 24.
- ^ "Őzhatay, Neriman Fatma & Ilker Genç 2013. Allium cyrilli complex (sect. Melanocrommyum ) in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany 37:39.45" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-03-28.