Subgenus
Amerallium
Allium unifolium. Photo: (c) James Gaither, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Allium is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants that includes hundreds of species, including the cultivated onion, garlic, scallion, shallot, leek, and chives. The generic name Allium is the Latin word for garlic, and the type species for the genus is Allium sativum which means “cultivated garlic”.
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