Allium vavilovii

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Amaryllidaceae}}

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Allium vavilovii is a species of wild onion in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to southern Turkmenistan and northeastern Iran.{{cite POWO |id=529098-1 |title=Allium vavilovii Popov & Vved. |access-date=22 April 2022 }} Out of the approximately 1000 species of Allium it and Allium asarense are the closest known relatives of the common onion Allium cepa.{{cite journal |year=2001 |last1=Fritsch |first1=Reinhard M. |last2=Matin |first2=Farideh |last3=Klaas |first3=Manfred |title=Allium vavilovii M. Popov et Vved. and a new Iranian species are the closest among the known relatives of the common onion A. cepa L. (Alliaceae) |journal=Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution |volume=48 |issue=4 |pages=401–408 |doi=10.1023/A:1012034931024 |s2cid=28813594 }}