Allium lojaconoi
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Allium Lojaconoi is a plant of the genus Allium from the family of Amaryllidaceae family (Amaryllidaceae). The species isnativeto Malta only.
description
Allium lojaconoi is a perennial bulb plant . It is extremely delicate and only 5 to 10 centimeters high. The flowering time is summer. The inflorescence is loose capitately that four to twelve stalked flowers are brown-purple to pink colors, the six bloom have a central depending on a dark stripe.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 16.
distribution
Allium lojaconoi is native to Malta only , where it inhabits rocky locations in valleys. The species is rare.
Systematics and botanical history
The species was first described in 1982 by Salvatore Brullo , E. Lanfranco and Pietro Pavone . It is placed within the genus in the subgenus Allium , section Brevispatha .
proof
- ↑ a b Hans Christian Weber, Bernd Kendzior: Flora of the Maltese Islands - A Field Guide , 2006, ISBN 3-8236-1478-9 , p. 40
- ^ Tropicos. [1]
- ^ Entry on the species in The International Plant Names Index , 2008, online , last accessed on April 2, 2010
- ^ Giuseppina Bartolo, Salvatore Brullo, Pietro Pavone: Allium lopadusanum (Liliaceae), a New Species from Lampedusa (Sicily) . In: Willdenowia . Volume 16, Issue 1, 1986, pp. 89-93.
Web links
- Allium lojaconoi inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Caruana, R., 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2013.