Allium caspium
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|name = Allium caspium
|taxon = Allium caspium
|parent = Allium subg. Melanocrommyum
|synonyms=*Allium brahuicum Boiss.
- Amaryllis caspia (Pall.) Willd.
- Crinum caspium Pall.
- Allium baissunense Lipsky
- Allium rhodanthum Vved.
|synonyms_ref=[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-295253 The Plant List]
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Allium caspium is a species of onions named for the Caspian Sea. It is native to the southern parts of European Russia, as well as central and southwestern Asia[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250064572 Flora of Pakistan]Marschall von Bieberstein, Friedrich August. 1808. Flora Taurico-Caucasica 1: 265.Khassanov, Furkat Orunbaevich & Fritsch, Reinhard M. 1994. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 26: 978.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do;jsessionid=94ED4F88A29EE6F5507446017EEDCF22?name_id=295253 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Peter Simon von Pallas. 1773. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs 2: 736, Crinum caspium
;Varieties
Two formal botanical varieties are recognized:
- Allium caspium subsp. baissunense (Lipsky) F.O.Khass. & R.M.Fritsch - Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
- Allium caspium subsp. caspium - European Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, northern Caucasus, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan