Allium thunbergii

Allium thunbergii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:Allioideae
Genus:Allium
Species: A. thunbergii
Binomial name
Allium thunbergii
Synonyms[1]

Allium thunbergii, English common name Thunberg's chive,[2] is an East Asian species of wild onion native to Japan (incl Bonin + Ryukyu Islands), Korea, and China (incl. Taiwan).[3] It grows at elevations up to 3000 m. The Flora of China recognizes A. tunbergii and A. stenodon as separate species, but more recent sources combine the two.[1][4][5][6][7][8]

Allium thunbergii produces one or two egg-shaped bulbs up to 20 mm in diameter. Scapes are up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are longer than the scape, hollow, triangular in cross-section. Umbels are crowded with many red or purple flowers.[4][5][9][10][11][12][13]

The specific epithet thunbergii references the Swedish botanist Carl Peter Thunberg.[14]

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[15]

Varieties[3]

References

  1. 1 2 The Plant List
  2. ↑ Korea National Arboretum (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: National Arboretum. p. 348. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 1 2 Flora of China v 24 p 197, Allium thunbergii
  5. 1 2 Flora of China v 24 p 179, Allium stenodon
  6. ↑ Ohwi, J. (1984). Flora of Japan (in English): 1-1067. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C..
  7. ↑ Kobayashi, S. & Ono, M. (1987). A Revised List of Vascular Plants Indigenous and Introduced to the Bonin (Ogasawara) and the Volcano (Kazan) Islands. Ogasawara Research 13: 1-55.
  8. ↑ Choi & Oh 2011.
  9. ↑ Don, George. 1827. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 6: 84.
  10. ↑ Nakai, Takenoshin & Kitagawa, Masao. 1934. Report of the First Scientific Expedition to Manchoukou 4(1): 18, pl. 6., as Allium stenodon
  11. ↑ Liu, Tang Shui & Ying, Shao Shun. 1978. Flora of Taiwan 5: 45
  12. ↑ P.P.Gritsenko. 1979. Byull. Vses. Ord. Lenina Inst. Rast. N.I. Vavilova 96: 23
  13. ↑ line drawing of Allium thunbergii, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 221, 1-4
  14. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
  15. ↑ "Allium thunbergii". Royal Horticultural Society. 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

Bibliography

  • Choi, Hyeok JAE; Oh, Byoung UN (October 2011). "A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 167 (2): 153–211. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01166.x.
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