Allium orientale

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Allium}}

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|image=Allium orientale (as A. erdelii) Bot. Mag. 105. 6426 . 1879.jpg

|image_caption=Botanical illustration

|taxon=Allium orientale

|parent=Allium subg. Melanocrommyum

|authority=Boiss.Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 25 (1854)

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|synonyms={{collapsible list|

• Allium erdelii Baker
• Allium gayi Boiss.
• Allium macrospermum Boiss. & Kotschy

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Allium orientale is a species of wild garlic/onion native to the eastern Mediterranean; Libya, Egypt, Sinai, the Levant, Cyprus and Anatolia.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:528544-1 |title=Allium orientale Boiss. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=15 September 2020 }} It has high genetic variation but is not widely distributed, suggesting that it may contain cryptic species.{{cite journal |title=Phylogenetic analysis of Allium subg. Melanocrommyum infers cryptic species and demands a new sectional classification |year=2008 |last1=Gurushidze |first1=M. |last2=Fritsch |first2=R. |last3=Blattner |first3=F. |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=997–1007 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.003 |pmid=18824112 |bibcode=2008MolPE..49..997G }}