Taxon: Allium pyrenaicum Costa & Vayr.

 
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: Allium
Section: Allium
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Allieae
Nomen number: 2357
Place of publication: Costa, Introd. fl. Cataluna ed. 2, suppl. 92. 1877
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 12-ene-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 22-ene-2007
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Economic Importance:

  • Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of leek (based on its affinities to Allium ampeloprasum fide Mol Phylogenet Evol 54:493. 2010)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Europe
    • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain [Gerona, Huesca]


References:

  1. Hirschegger, P. et al. 2010. Origins of Allium ampeloprasum horticultural groups and a molecular phylogeny of the section Allium (Allium: Alliaceae) Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 54:488-497.
  2. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 (F Eur)

Check other web resources for Allium pyrenaicum Costa & Vayr. :

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=2357. Accessed 12 marzo 2026.