Taxon: Allium commutatum Guss.

 
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: Allium
Section: Allium
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Allieae
Nomen number: 459421
Place of publication: Enum. pl. Inarim. 339. 1854
Link to protologue:
Comment: valid publication verified from original literature
Typification:
Name Verified on: 24-jun-2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 24-jun-2009
Species priority site is:
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Economic Importance:

  • Gene sources: primary genetic relative of leek (fide Theor Appl Genet 94:470. 1997)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Asia-Temperate
    • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey (n.w. & w. Anatolia islands)

    Europe
    • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Croatia (islands), Greece, [Aegean Islands, Crete, Ionian Islands] Italy [Sicily]
    • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France [Corsica]


References:

  1. Kik, C. et al. 1997. Mitochondrial DNA variation and crossability of leek (Allium porrum) and its wild relatives from the Allium ampeloprasum complex Theor. Appl. Genet. 94:465-471.
  2. Mathew, B. A review of Allium sect. Allium. 1996 (Rev sect Allium)
  3. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 (F Eur)

Check other web resources for Allium commutatum Guss. :

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=459421. Accessed 12 marzo 2026.