Allium nevii
| Allium nevii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. nevii |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium nevii S. Wats. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Allium douglasii var. nevii (S. Wats.) Ownbey & Mingrone | |
Allium nevii is a plant species native to central Washington (Klickitat, Yakima, Kittitas and Chelan Counties) and north-central Oregon (Wasco and Hood River Counties) in the United States. It grows in wet meadows and along stream banks at elevations up to 2000 m.[2][3]
Description
Allium nevii produces egg-shaped bulbs up to 2 cm across. One plant will generally have 1-3 scapes, each round or slightly flattened and up to 25 cm tall. Flowers are in umbels of as many as 30 flowers, each bell-shaped and about 7 mm across. Tepals are rose-colored; anthers and pollen blue.[2][4]
Taxonomy
Historically A. nevii was treated as part of the A. douglasii alliance.[5] Both A. douglasii and A. nevii were placed in the Ownbey Allium falcifolium alliance[6] and subsequently by Traub in subsection Falcifolia, section Lophioprason, subgenus Amerallium (see Taxonomy of Allium).[7]
References
Bibliography
- Peterson, Paul M.; Annable, Carol R.; Rieseberg, Loren H. (April 1988). "Systematic Relationships and Nomenclatural Changes in the Allium douglasii Complex (Alliaceae)". Systematic Botany. 13 (2): 207. doi:10.2307/2419099.
- Rieseberg, Loren H.; Peterson, Paul M.; Soltis, Douglas E.; Annable, Carol R. (November 1987). "Genetic Divergence and Isozyme Number Variation Among Four Varieties of Allium douglasii (Alliaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 74 (11): 1614. doi:10.2307/2444130.
- Saghir, Abdur Rahman B.; Mann, Louis K.; Ownbey, Marion; Berg, Rolf Y. (May 1966). "Composition of Volatiles in Relation to Taxonomy of American Alliums". American Journal of Botany. 53 (5): 477–484. JSTOR 2440346. doi:10.2307/2440346.
- Traub, Hamilton P (1968). "The subgenera, sections and subsections of Allium L.". Plant Life. 24: 147– 163.