Agrigento garlic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Allium
Species:
A. agrigentinum
Binomial name
Allium agrigentinum
Brullo & Pavone

Allium agrigentinum is a plant species in the Amaryllis family, endemic to the Italian Island of Sicily in the Mediterranean.[1][2] Initial collections were made in or near the Riserva naturale integrale Macalube di Aragona Wildlife Sanctuary.[3]

Allium agrigentinum has a light brown bulb up to 20 mm long. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. The umbel is hemispherical with uneven pedicels. Flowers are narrowly bell-shaped with pinkish-purple tepals.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Aglio d'Agrigento, Allium agrigentinum Brullo & Pavone
  3. ^ a b Salvatore Brullo & Pietro Pavone. 2002. Informatore Botanico Italiano; Bolletino della Societa Botanica Italiana. Florence 33: 505, Allium agrigentinum
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