Allium thunbergii

Allium thunbergii
"Allium thunbergii" 'Ozawa' in the garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal, Madison, Wisconsin
Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa' in the garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal, Madison, Wisconsin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. thunbergii
Binomial name
Allium thunbergii
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Allium arenarium Thunb.
  • Allium bakeri var. morrisonense (Hayata) T.S.Liu & S.S.Ying
  • Allium bakeri var. morrisonense (Hayata) Tang S. Liu & S.S. Ying
  • Allium cyaneum f. stenodon (Nakai & Kitag.) Kitag.
  • Allium cyaneum var. stenodon (Nakai & Kitag.) Kitag.
  • Allium japonicum Steud.
  • Allium morrisonense Hayata
  • Allium nerinifolium Baker
  • Allium odorum Thunb. 1784, illegitimate homonym not L. 1767
  • Allium plurifoliatum var. stenodon (Nakai & Kitag.) J.M.Xu
  • Allium pseudocyaneum Grüning
  • Allium sacculiferum var. glaucum P.P.Gritz.
  • Allium sacculiferum var. robustum P.P.Gritz.
  • Allium senescens Thunb.
  • Allium stenodon Nakai & Kitag.
  • Allium triquetrum Lour.
  • Allium yamarakyo Honda

Allium thunbergii, Thunberg's chive[2] or Thunberg garlic,[3] is an East Asian species of wild onion native to Japan (incl Bonin + Ryukyu Islands), Korea, and China (incl. Taiwan).[4] It grows at elevations up to 3000 m. The Flora of China recognizes A. tunbergii and A. stenodon as separate species, but more recent sources combine the two.[1][5][6][7][8][9]

Allium thunbergii produces one or two egg-shaped bulbs up to 20 mm in diameter. Scapes are up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are longer than the scape, hollow, triangular in cross-section. Umbels are crowded with many red or purple flowers.[5][6][10][11][12][13][14]

The specific epithet thunbergii references the Swedish botanist Carl Peter Thunberg.[15]

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]

Varieties[4]

References

  1. ^ a b The Plant List
  2. ^ Korea National Arboretum (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: National Arboretum. p. 348. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
  3. ^ a b "Allium thunbergii". Royal Horticultural Society. 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 197, Allium thunbergii
  6. ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 179, Allium stenodon
  7. ^ Ohwi, J. (1984). Flora of Japan (in English): 1-1067. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  8. ^ Kobayashi, S. & Ono, M. (1987). A Revised List of Vascular Plants Indigenous and Introduced to the Bonin (Ogasawara) and the Volcano (Kazan) Islands. Ogasawara Research 13: 1-55.
  9. ^ Choi & Oh 2011.
  10. ^ Don, George. 1827. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 6: 84.
  11. ^ Nakai, Takenoshin & Kitagawa, Masao. 1934. Report of the First Scientific Expedition to Manchoukou 4(1): 18, pl. 6., as Allium stenodon
  12. ^ Liu, Tang Shui & Ying, Shao Shun. 1978. Flora of Taiwan 5: 45
  13. ^ P.P.Gritsenko. 1979. Byull. Vses. Ord. Lenina Inst. Rast. N.I. Vavilova 96: 23
  14. ^ line drawing of Allium thunbergii, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 221, 1–4
  15. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.

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