Allium pallens
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| image = Allium_pallens_Flores_2010-6-24_DehesaBoyaldePuertollano.jpg
| taxon = Allium pallens
| parent = Allium subg. Allium
| authority = L. 1762 not Rchb. 1848.
| synonyms =
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|Allium amblyanthum Zahar.
|Allium coppoleri Tineo
|Allium pallens var. coppoleri (Tineo) Parl.
|Allium pallens subsp. coppoleri (Tineo) Nyman
|Allium paniculatum var. excedens H.Lindb.
|Allium paniculatum var. pallens (L.) Gren. & Gord.
|Allium paniculatum subsp. pallens (L.) K.Richt.
|Allium paniculatum subsp. stearnii (Pastor & Valdés) O.Bolòs, Masalles & Vigo
|Allium paniculatum var. tenuiflorum Rouy
|Allium serbicum Vis. & Pancic
|Allium stearnii Pastor & Valdés
|Allium stramineum var. nigropedunculatum Oppenh.
|Kalabotis pallens (L.) Raf.
|Raphione pallens (L.) Salisb.
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| synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-296184 The Plant List]
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Allium pallens is a species of wild onion native to the Mediterranean region and Middle East from Portugal and Algeria to Iran.[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=allium+pallens Altervista Flora Italiana, Allium pallens]{{Cite web |url=http://flora.huji.ac.il/browse.asp?action=identify |title=Flora of Israel On-line, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Allium pallens |access-date=2014-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316133509/http://www.flora.huji.ac.il/browse.asp?action=identify |archive-date=2014-03-16 |url-status=dead }}
Description
Allium pallens produces a single egg-shaped bulb. Scape is up to 50 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are long, narrow, and fleshy. Flowers are bell-shaped, some nodding while others in the same umbel erect, the tepals white or pale purple with prominent green or purple midveins.Linnaeus, Carl von. 1762. Species Plantarum, Edition 2, 1: 427.Zahariadi, Constantine. 1975. Biologia Gallo-Hellenica; Travaux des Groupes Franco-helleniques et de la Station Keramou 6(1): 53, Allium amblyanthumBolòs, Oriol de, Masalles, R.M. & Vigo Bonada, Josep. 1988. Collectanea Botanica (Barcelona) 17(1): 95, Allium paniculatum subsp. stearniiPastor Díaz, Julio Enrique, & Valdés Castrillón, Benito. 1983. Revisión del Género Allium (Liliaceae) en la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares 86, Allium stearniiRafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1837. Flora Telluriana 2: 19, Kalabotis pallens
Taxonomy
A. paniculatum is placed within section Codonoprasum, subgenus Allium. There is some degree of uncertainty with regards to the relationships of taxa within the section. The Plant List gives A. pallens as an accepted name, but The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families treats it as a subspecies of Allium paniculatum, Allium paniculatum subsp. pallens (L.) K.Richt. Furthermore, a number of synonyms listed in The Plant List, such as Allium sternii, are treated as separate species by The World Checklist.
Taxa formerly included[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=296184 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
- Allium pallens var. grandiflorum, now called Allium litardierei
- Allium pallens var. pseudooleraceum, now called Allium oleraceum
- Allium pallens var. savii, now called Allium savii
- Allium pallens subsp. siciliense , now called Allium lehmannii
- Allium pallens subsp. tenuiflorum , now called Allium tenuiflorum