Taxon: Allium carolinianum Redouté

 
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: Polyprason
Section: Falcatifolia
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Allieae
Nomen number: 101416
Place of publication: Liliac. 2: t. 101. 1804
Link to protologue:
Comment: according to TL-2 4:626. 1983, there is only external evidence that others authored the text of Redouté's work, whereas he alone is listed as author on the title page, so under Melbourne ICN Art. 46.8 and Note 3, Redouté must be taken as author of all new names therein
Typification:
Name Verified on: 22-jun-2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 16-mar-2017
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Common names:

Economic Importance:

  • Food additives: flavoring (fide Genet Res Crop Evol 55:987. 2008)
  • Human food: vegetable (fide Genet Res Crop Evol 55:987. 2008)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Asia-Temperate
    • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan (e.), Iran
    • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
    • CHINA: China [Xinjiang, Xizang (n. & w.)]

    Asia-Tropical
    • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, [Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh] Nepal, Pakistan (n.)


References:

  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
  2. Dasgupta, S. 2006. Alliaceae (Fasc F India) 23:10-14.
  3. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982 (L Nepal)
  4. Inst. Bot. V. L. Komarova, Acad. Sci. URSS Plantae asiae centralis. 1963- (F CAsia)
  5. Pandey, A. et al. 2008. Realizing value of genetic resources of Allium in India Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:985-994.
  6. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963- (F Iran)
  7. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Check other web resources for Allium carolinianum Redouté :

  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=101416. Accessed 31 mayo 2025.