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Lophioprason

Allium amplectens. Photo: (c) James Gaither, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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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”.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Liliopsida (Monocots)
        Order: Asparagales (Agaves, orchids, irises, and allies)
        Family: Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis, onions, and allies)
        Subfamily: Allioideae
        Tribe: Allieae
        Genus: Allium (Onions)
        Subgenus: Amerallium
        Section: Lophioprason
        Species: Allium hoffmanii (Beegum onion)
        Species: Allium amplectens (Narrowleaf onion)
        Species: Allium unifolium (Oneleaf onion)
        Species: Allium bolanderi (Bolander’s onion)
        Species: Allium falcifolium (Scytheleaf onion)
        Species: Allium campanulatum (Dusky onion)

Subtaxa

Species: Allium hoffmanii (Beegum onion)

Species: Allium amplectens (Narrowleaf onion)

Species: Allium unifolium (Oneleaf onion)

Species: Allium bolanderi (Bolander’s onion)

Species: Allium falcifolium (Scytheleaf onion)

Species: Allium campanulatum (Dusky onion)

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