Taxon: Allium caesium Schrenk

Genus:

Allium

Subgenus:

Allium

Section:

Caerulea

Family:

Amaryllidaceae

Subfamily:

Allioideae

Tribe:

Allieae

Nomen number:

2239

Place of publication:

Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 2:113. 1844

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

11-ene-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 11-mar-2017

Species priority site is:

Western Regional PI Station (W6)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Allium urceolatum Regel

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan (e.)
MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 (F USSR)
Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963- (F Iran)

Check other web resources for Allium caesium Schrenk :

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. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=2239. Accessed 12 marzo 2026.