Taxon: Allium longicuspis Regel

 
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: Allium
Section: Allium
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Allieae
Nomen number: 2309
Place of publication: Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(2):45. 1875 (Allior. monogr.)
Link to protologue:
Comment: [or A. sativum Longicuspis Group]
Typification:
Name Verified on: 24-jun-2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 18-oct-2011
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Economic Importance:

  • Gene sources: primary genetic relative of garlic (based on its close genetic affinity to Allium sativum fide Theor Appl Genet 91:89. 1995)
  • Gene sources: probable progenitor of garlic (fide B. Mathew, Rev. sect. Allium 84-85. 1996; Crop Prod Sci Hort 3:10. 1994)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Asia-Temperate
    • WESTERN ASIA: Iran (n.w.), Turkey [Hakkari]
    • MIDDLE ASIA: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan (s.), Uzbekistan

    Asia-Tropical
    • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan


References:

  1. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 (F Turk)
  2. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 (F USSR)
  3. Maaß, H. I. & M. Klaas 1995. Infraspecific differentiation of garlic (Allium sativum L.) by isozyme and RAPD markers Theor. Appl. Genet. 91:89-97.
  4. Mathew, B. A review of Allium sect. Allium. 1996 (Rev sect Allium) 80-85.
  5. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963- (F Iran)
  6. Yousaf, Z. et al. 2004. Can complexity of the genus Allium L. be resolved through some numerical techniques? Pakistan J. Bot. 36:487-501.

Check other web resources for Allium longicuspis Regel :

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=2309. Accessed 12 marzo 2026.