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Leaves 1--3, linear to orbicular-ovate, base usually narrowed into a petiole; ovary base often constricted into a short stipe; ovules 1 per locule. |
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Leaves several, lorate or linear, cross section semiterete or terete, solid or fistulose, base usually not narrowed into a petiole; ovules 2 to several per locule; if leaf base narrowed into a petiole or ovules 1 per locule then bulb tunic never distinctly reticulate. |
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2 (1) |
Leaf 1, long petiolate, ovate to broadly elliptic-ovate, base cordate |
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4 Allium funckiifolium |
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Leaves 2 or 3. |
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3 (2) |
Outer perianth segments narrower than inner ones. |
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(4) |
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Outer perianth segments as wide as or wider than inner ones. |
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4 (3) |
Base of leaf blade cuneate, decurrent |
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1 Allium victorialis |
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Base of leaf blade rounded to cordate, not decurrent |
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2 Allium listera |
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5 (3) |
Scape shorter than leaves, 2--5 cm, covered with leaf sheaths for 3/4--4/5 its length |
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5 Allium nanodes |
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Scape longer than leaves, 10--60 cm, covered with leaf sheaths only at base. |
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6 (5) |
Leaves lanceolate-oblong to ovate-oblong, base rounded to cordate, petiole distinct |
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3 Allium ovalifolium |
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Leaves linear, linear-lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate, elliptic-oblanceolate, or rarely narrowly elliptic, base narrowed, petiole indistinct |
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6 Allium prattii |
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7 (1) |
Roots thick and fleshy, sometimes subtuberous; leaves with distinct midvein; scape usually 2- or 3-angled; ovules 1 or 2 per locule. |
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(8) |
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Roots thin; leaves without distinct midvein; scape terete or several angled; ovules 2 to several per locule. |
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(17) |
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8 (7) |
Ovules 1 per locule (in A. omeiense a few ovaries in same umbel with 2 ovules per locule). |
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(9) |
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Ovules 2 per locule. |
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(13) |
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9 (8) |
Umbel laxly fascicled, few flowered; pedicels unequal; style much shorter than ovary; stigma 3-cleft |
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16 Allium trifurcatum |
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Umbel hemispheric to globose, many flowered; pedicels equal; style equaling or longer than ovary; stigma entire, punctiform. |
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(10) |
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10 (9) |
Scape terminal |
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7 Allium guanxianense |
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Scape lateral. |
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11 (10) |
Leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, distinctly contracted at base; filaments longer than perianth segments |
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8 Allium xiangchengense |
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Leaves linear or lorate to lorate-oblanceolate, not contracted at base; filaments shorter than to subequaling perianth segments. |
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12 (11) |
Perianth segments 4--7.5 mm, free; filaments slightly shorter than to subequaling perianth segments |
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9 Allium hookeri |
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Perianth segments 9--11 mm, connate at base into a tube ca. 1 mm; filaments ca. 1/2 as long as perianth segments |
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10 Allium omeiense |
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13 (8) |
Perianth yellow, segments united for ca. 1 mm at base |
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11 Allium chienchuanense |
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Perianth white, red, purple-red, or dark purple, segments free. |
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(14) |
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14 (13) |
Filaments connate into a tube for 2/3--3/4 their length |
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15 Allium cyathophorum |
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Filaments connate only at base. |
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(15) |
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15 (14) |
Perianth white, segments lanceolate, apex acuminate or irregularly 2-lobed |
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12 Allium fasciculatum |
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Perianth red, purple-red, or dark purple, rarely whitish, segments oblong, narrowly so, or ovate-oblong, apex retuse, truncate, or obtuse. |
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16 (15) |
Perianth stellately spreading, reflexed after anthesis, inner and outer segments similar; pedicels straight |
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13 Allium wallichii |
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Perianth campanulate, not reflexed after anthesis, inner segments somewhat longer and narrower than outer ones; pedicels nodding at apex |
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14 Allium macranthum |
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17 (7) |
Bulb usually solitary, globose, ovoid-globose, or ovoid (if cylindric to ovoid-cylindric, then leaves thick, terete, and fistulose); rhizomes obscure. |
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(18) |
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Bulbs usually several in a cluster, cylindric, conical, or ovoid-cylindric, rarely ovoid; rhizomes well developed. |
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(60) |
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18 (17) |
Leaves usually thick, terete, fistulose, smooth. |
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(19) |
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Leaves slender, flat, triangular-flat, semiterete, or rarely terete, fistulose. |
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(29) |
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19 (18) |
Bulb flattened globose, globose, or ovoid-globose, rarely cylindric with thickened base; base of inner filaments 1-toothed on each side (if entire, then scape often undeveloped). |
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(20) |
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Bulb cylindric to ovoid-cylindric; filaments entire. |
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(23) |
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20 (19) |
Scape solid |
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100 Allium galanthum |
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Scape fistulose. |
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(21) |
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21 (20) |
Scape developed; plants propagated by seeds or bulblets |
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98 Allium cepa |
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Scape usually undeveloped; plants propagated by bulbs. |
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(22) |
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22 (21) |
Bulb ovoid-globose to ovoid |
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99 Allium cepiforme |
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Bulb narrowly ovoid or cylindric-ovoid |
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98 Allium cepa |
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23 (19) |
Filaments shorter than perianth segments, connate into a tube for 1/3--3/4 their length |
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102 Allium atrosanguineum |
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Filaments shorter or longer than perianth segments, connate only at base. |
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(24) |
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24 (23) |
Perianth pale red, pale purple, or purple-red. |
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(25) |
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Perianth yellow to white. |
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(27) |
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25 (24) |
Pedicels unequal, shorter than to nearly as long as perianth; filaments 1/3--1/2(--2/3) as long as perianth segments |
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103 Allium schoenoprasum |
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Pedicels subequal, 1.5--3 × as long as perianth; filaments slightly shorter than to longer than perianth segments. |
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(26) |
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26 (25) |
Perianth rose pink or dark pink; filaments slightly shorter than to equaling perianth segments |
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105 Allium maximowiczii |
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Perianth pale purple; filaments longer than perianth segments |
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106 Allium ledebourianum |
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27 (24) |
Leaves and scape ± thin, to 5 mm thick; perianth yellow or pale yellow |
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95 Allium chrysanthum |
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Leaves and scape robust, more than 5 mm thick; perianth white or yellowish white. |
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(28) |
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28 (27) |
Bulb ovoid-cylindric, robust, tunic red-brown, thinly leathery; perianth yellowish white; pedicels slightly shorter than to 2 × as long as perianth |
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96 Allium altaicum |
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Bulb cylindric, tunic usually white, rarely light red-brown, membranous; perianth white; pedicels 2--3 × as long as perianth |
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97 Allium fistulosum |
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29 (18) |
Ovules 4 or more per locule. |
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(30) |
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Ovules 2 per locule. |
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(38) |
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30 (29) |
Perianth segments united into a tube proximally. |
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(31) |
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Perianth segments free. |
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(33) |
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31 (30) |
Scape (15--)20--50 cm; pedicels (4.5--)7--11 cm; perianth segments 7--10 mm; ovules (5 or)6(--8) per locule |
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137 Allium neriniflorum |
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Scape 15--30(--40) cm; pedicels 0.8--4(--7) cm; perianth segments 5--7(--8) mm; ovules (3 or)4 per locule, rarely 1 or 2 locules with 5 or 6 ovules. |
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(32) |
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32 (31) |
Perianth red to purple |
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135 Allium tubiflorum |
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Perianth white |
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136 Allium inutile |
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33 (30) |
Filaments connate and adnate to perianth segments for 1/2--2/3 their length. |
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(34) |
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Filaments connate and adnate to perianth segments only at base. |
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(35) |
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34 (33) |
Leaves linear, 4--6(--8) mm wide; perianth cupular, segments broadly elliptic, 8--11 × 4--4.5 mm |
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129 Allium oreophilum |
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Leaves broadly linear, (5--)10--25 mm wide; perianth narrowly campanulate, segments linear-oblong, 7--10(--15) × 2.5--3 mm |
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134 Allium winklerianum |
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35 (33) |
Leaves 1(or 2); perianth segments 6--6.5 mm, without strong midvein; ovary stipitate |
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133 Allium fetisowii |
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Leaves (1 or)2 or 3; perianth segments 4.5--5.5 mm, with strong midvein; ovary sessile. |
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(36) |
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36 (35) |
Perianth red to purple-red |
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132 Allium robustum |
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Perianth white or whitish lilac to lilac-pink. |
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(37) |
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37 (36) |
Leaves 1--1.5(--2) cm wide, apex gradually attenuate |
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130 Allium tulipifolium |
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Leaves 0.7--1.5 cm wide, apex acute |
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131 Allium roborowskianum |
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38 (29) |
Inner filaments 1-toothed on each side at base, apex of tooth long filiform and longer than anther-bearing cusp of filament. |
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(39) |
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Inner filaments entire or, if 1-toothed on each side, apex of tooth not filiform and never longer than anther-bearing cusp of filament. |
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(40) |
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39 (38) |
Umbel with flowers only; filaments longer than perianth segments |
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127 Allium porrum |
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Umbel with both flowers and bulblets; filaments shorter than perianth segments |
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128 Allium sativum |
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40 (38) |
Perianth blue, usually becoming bluish purple when dried. |
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(41) |
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Perianth white, pale red, red, purple-red, purple, or pale green. |
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(42) |
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41 (40) |
Leaves flat, abaxially 1-angled, usually twisted when dried |
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122 Allium caeruleum |
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Leaves semiterete, not twisted when dried |
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123 Allium caesium |
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42 (40) |
Filaments not more than 2/3 as long as perianth segments. |
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(43) |
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Filaments more than 2/3 as long as perianth segments. |
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(45) |
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43 (42) |
Pedicels ca. 3 × as long as perianth |
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126 Allium jacquemontii |
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Pedicels shorter than or subequaling perianth. |
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(44) |
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44 (43) |
Scape 10--15(--20) cm; perianth segments obtuse or attenuate at apex; broadened part of inner filaments with 1 small tooth on each side |
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124 Allium schoenoprasoides |
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Scape (15--)25--40 cm; perianth segments acute at apex; broadened part of inner filaments entire |
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125 Allium sairamense |
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45 (42) |
Plants dioecious; female flowers 1 per scape; male flowers 2--4(or 5) per scape |
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138 Allium monanthum |
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Plants not dioecious; flowers bisexual, more than 2 per scape. |
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(46) |
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46 (45) |
Pedicels ebracteolate or only a few bracteolate at base. |
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(47) |
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All pedicels subtended by bracteoles. |
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(51) |
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47 (46) |
Pedicels equaling or slightly longer than perianth; ovary without concave nectaries at base; filaments 2/3--3/4 as long as perianth segments |
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107 Allium grisellum |
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Pedicels more than 2 × as long as perianth; ovary with concave nectaries at base; filaments equaling or longer than perianth segments. |
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(48) |
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48 (47) |
Leaves flat; pedicels unequal; inner filaments with a rounded, irregularly denticulate lobe on each side near base |
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112 Allium songpanicum |
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Leaves semiterete; pedicels equal or subequal; inner filaments entire or with an entire tooth on each side near base. |
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(49) |
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49 (48) |
Ovary tuberculate; style slightly exserted |
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120 Allium pallasii |
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Ovary smooth; style conspicuously exserted. |
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(50) |
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50 (49) |
Perianth pink to pale purple-red; filaments slightly longer than perianth segments |
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115 Allium eusperma |
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Perianth white; filaments ca. 2 × as long as perianth segments |
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116 Allium maowenense |
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51 (46) |
Bulb tunic leathery, splitting along veins; perianth segments pale green with green midvein |
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117 Allium sabulosum |
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Bulb tunic membranous or papery, not splitting, or only apex splitting and becoming fibrous or reticulate; perianth segments white, pale red, red, or purple-red to dark purple, rarely pale green. |
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(52) |
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52 (51) |
Bulb ovoid or narrowly so. |
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(53) |
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Bulb ovoid-globose to subglobose (if ovoid, then ovary with concave nectaries at base without hoodlike projections). |
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(57) |
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53 (52) |
Leaves 3--5-angled in cross section, fistulose; scape lateral; base of inner filaments 1-toothed on each side |
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108 Allium chinense |
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Leaves semiterete or triangular in cross section, fistulose at least basally; base of inner filaments entire or occasionally 1-toothed on each side. |
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(54) |
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54 (53) |
Leaves 1--2 mm wide, semiterete; perianth white or pale red, sometimes greenish. |
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(55) |
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Leaves 2--5 mm wide, 3-angled or -keeled to obscurely 3-angled; perianth red to purple or lilac-pink to red-violet. |
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(56) |
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55 (54) |
Filaments slightly longer than to 1.5 × as long as perianth segments; ovary with concave nectaries at base covered by hoodlike projections |
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109 Allium yanchiense |
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Filaments shorter or slightly longer than perianth segments; ovary without concave nectaries at base |
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113 Allium juldusicola |
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56 (54) |
Bulb tunic thinly leathery, split and becoming fibrous and subreticulate, rarely subentire; leaves keeled to obscurely 3-angled, rarely subfistulose near base; umbel globose, densely many flowered; perianth lilac-pink to red-violet |
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110 Allium sacculiferum |
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Bulb tunic membranous to scarious or subpapery, sometimes apex laciniate to fibrous; leaves 3-angled, subfistulose; umbel subfascicled to globose, laxly many flowered; perianth red to purple |
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111 Allium thunbergii |
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57 (52) |
Pedicels equaling to slightly longer than perianth |
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119 Allium glomeratum |
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Pedicels more than 2 × as long as perianth. |
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(58) |
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58 (57) |
Leaves 0.5--1.5 mm wide, terete; scape covered with leaf sheaths for 1/3--1/2 its length; ovary tuberculate |
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118 Allium delicatulum |
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Leaves 1--5 mm wide, flat, semiterete, or triangular-semiterete; scape covered with leaf sheaths for less than 1/3 its length; ovary smooth. |
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(59) |
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59 (58) |
Leaves flat; umbel without bulblets; filaments 1.5--2 × as long as perianth segments |
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114 Allium tanguticum |
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Leaves semiterete or triangular-semiterete; umbel ± with bulblets; filaments shorter than perianth segments |
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121 Allium macrostemon |
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60 (17) |
Bulb tunic reticulate, subreticulate, or laxly fibrous. |
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(61) |
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Bulb tunic entire, never reticulate or only apical part becoming fibrous. |
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(100) |
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61 (60) |
Perianth pale blue to blue or purplish blue. |
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(62) |
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Perianth white, pale red, purple-red, purple, dark purple, or yellow. |
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(68) |
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62 (61) |
Filaments shorter than perianth segments. |
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(63) |
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Filaments longer than perianth segments. |
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(65) |
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63 (62) |
Perianth segments narrowly oblong to narrowly ovate-oblong, 11--14(--17) mm, margin entire; filaments usually ca. 4/5 as long as perianth segments; style usually 2--3 × as long as ovary |
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22 Allium beesianum |
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Perianth segments ovate or ovate-oblong, 6--10 mm, at least margin of inner ones irregularly denticulate; filaments usually 1/2--2/3 as long as perianth segments; style shorter than or subequaling ovary. |
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(64) |
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64 (63) |
Perianth segments acuminate at apex, equal, irregularly denticulate at margin, rarely outer ones entire; leaves abaxially keeled, usually twisted when dry |
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23 Allium yuanum |
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Perianth segments obtuse at apex, inner ones longer and wider than outer, only inner ones irregularly denticulate at margin; leaves flat |
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24 Allium sikkimense |
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65 (62) |
Leaves semiterete |
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25 Allium cyaneum |
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Leaves flat. |
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(66) |
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66 (65) |
Pedicels extremely unequal, 2--4 × as long as perianth |
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28 Allium heteronema |
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Pedicels subequal, 1--2 × as long as perianth. |
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(67) |
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67 (66) |
Bulb tunic reticulate; umbel laxly few flowered; pedicels 1.5--2 × as long as perianth; base of inner filaments with 1 short tooth on each side, apex of tooth entire |
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27 Allium henryi |
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Bulb tunic subreticulate; umbel densely many flowered; pedicels 1--1.5 × as long as perianth; base of inner filaments with 1 long tooth on each side, apex of tooth sometimes denticulate |
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31 Allium stenodon |
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68 (61) |
Filaments more than 1.3 × as long as perianth segments. |
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(69) |
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Filaments less than 1.3 × as long as perianth segments. |
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(79) |
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69 (68) |
Perianth segments basally united for 1.5--2 mm into a short tube; filaments basally connate for 1.5--2 mm and adnate to perianth segments |
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43 Allium siphonanthum |
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Perianth segments free; filaments connate only at base. |
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(70) |
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70 (69) |
Bulb tunic usually red, distinctly reticulate; inner filaments broadened for 1/3--1/2 their length; ovary without concave nectaries at base |
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48 Allium przewalskianum |
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Bulb tunic never red, reticulate or fibrous; inner filaments broadened for ca. 1/3 their length; ovary with concave nectaries at base. |
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(71) |
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71 (70) |
Perianth pale red or purple-red to purple. |
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(72) |
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Perianth white to pale yellow. |
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(77) |
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72 (71) |
Bulb tunic fibrous, sometimes subreticulate; pedicels ebracteolate |
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30 Allium plurifoliatum |
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Bulb tunic reticulate; pedicels bracteolate at base. |
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(73) |
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73 (72) |
Leaves semiterete |
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42 Allium clathratum |
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Leaves flat. |
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(74) |
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74 (73) |
Inner filaments entire |
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37 Allium schrenkii |
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Inner filaments with 1 or 2 teeth on each side. |
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(75) |
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75 (74) |
Perianth segments with red, slender midvein or without midvein; stigma punctiform |
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36 Allium lineare |
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Perianth segments with purple midvein; stigma capitate or subglobose. |
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(76) |
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76 (75) |
Perianth pale lilac to pinkish lilac |
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40 Allium splendens |
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Perianth pink to pink-red |
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41 Allium maackii |
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77 (71) |
Leaves 2--7 mm wide, flat; teeth of inner filaments entire |
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44 Allium flavidum |
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Leaves 1--5 mm wide, semiterete, fistulose; teeth of inner filaments sometimes irregularly 2--4-denticulate. |
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(78) |
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78 (77) |
Leaves equaling to distinctly longer than scape; pedicels ebracteolate |
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46 Allium flavovirens |
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Leaves shorter than scape; pedicels bracteolate at base |
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45 Allium leucocephalum |
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79 (68) |
Perianth yellow, later becoming red; filaments connate into tube for 3/5--4/5 their length |
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101 Allium semenovii |
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Perianth not yellow; filaments connate only basally or for 1/6--1/2 their length. |
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(80) |
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80 (79) |
Inner filaments toothed at base. |
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(81) |
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Inner filaments entire at base. |
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(87) |
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81 (80) |
Filaments ca. 1/2 as long as perianth segments |
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18 Allium forrestii |
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Filaments slightly shorter than or equaling perianth segments. |
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(82) |
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82 (81) |
Leaves 3--5 mm wide, flat. |
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(83) |
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Leaves 0.25--1 mm wide, semiterete. |
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(84) |
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83 (82) |
Filaments slightly longer than perianth segments; stigma punctiform |
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38 Allium amphibolum |
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Filaments slightly shorter than or equaling perianth segments |
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39 Allium strictum |
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84 (82) |
Bulb tunic subreticulate; filaments connate into a tube for 1/6--1/2 their length, tube adnate to perianth segments for 1/3--1/2 its length. |
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(85) |
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Bulb tunic distinctly reticulate; filaments connate only at base. |
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(86) |
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85 (84) |
Perianth segments 6--8.5 mm; filaments connate for 1/3--1/2 their length |
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54 Allium subangulatum |
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Perianth segments 3--6 mm; filaments connate for 1/6--1/3 their length |
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55 Allium polyrhizum |
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86 (84) |
Pedicels bracteolate at base; perianth pale purple to purple; ovary without concave nectaries at base |
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47 Allium eduardii |
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Pedicels ebracteolate; perianth pale red; ovary with concave nectaries at base covered by hoodlike projections |
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26 Allium aciphyllum |
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87 (80) |
Scape covered with leaf sheaths for 1/4--1/2 its length. |
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(88) |
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Scape covered with leaf sheaths only at base. |
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(91) |
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88 (87) |
Pedicels subequal; leaves 2--5 mm wide |
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39 Allium strictum |
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Pedicels unequal; leaves 0.5--1 mm wide. |
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(89) |
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89 (88) |
Bulb tunic distinctly reticulate |
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50 Allium tekesicola |
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Bulb tunic subreticulate. |
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(90) |
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90 (89) |
Bulb tunic brown; inner filaments basally ca. 2 × as wide as outer ones, distally abruptly subulate; ovary with concave nectaries at base covered by hoodlike projections |
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88 Allium korolkowii |
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Bulb tunic yellowish brown; inner filaments basally ca. 3 × as wide as outer ones, distally gradually attenuate; ovary with small, concave nectaries at base not covered by hoodlike projections |
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49 Allium teretifolium |
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91 (87) |
Bulb tunic reticulate or subreticulate; perianth white to pale red. |
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(92) |
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Bulb tunic fibrous or subreticulate at base; perianth dark purple, purple-red, or pale red. |
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(95) |
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92 (91) |
Inner filaments broadly triangular, basally ca. 2 × as wide as outer ones; perianth segments with dark purple midvein |
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34 Allium oreoprasum |
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Inner filaments narrowly triangular, basally only slightly wider than outer ones; perianth segments without dark purple midvein. |
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(93) |
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93 (92) |
Scape 5--15 cm; stigma slightly 3-cleft |
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35 Allium humile |
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Scape 25--60 cm; stigma punctiform. |
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(94) |
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94 (93) |
Leaves flat, solid; perianth segments white, usually with green midvein |
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32 Allium tuberosum |
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Leaves triangular, abaxially keeled, fistulose; perianth segments white, rarely pale red, usually with pale red midvein |
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33 Allium ramosum |
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95 (91) |
Inner filaments not broadened at base. |
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(96) |
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Inner filaments broadened at base. |
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(98) |
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96 (95) |
Leaves 8--10 mm wide |
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21 Allium rhynchogynum |
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Leaves 1--3 mm wide. |
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(97) |
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97 (96) |
Filaments 1/2--2/3 as long as perianth segments; ovary constricted at apex, without concave nectaries at base |
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17 Allium mairei |
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Filaments slightly shorter or longer than perianth segments; ovary not constricted at apex, with concave nectaries at base covered by narrow, hoodlike projections |
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20 Allium changduense |
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98 (95) |
Leaves 1.5--3(--5) mm wide, flat; perianth purple to dark purple |
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18 Allium forrestii |
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Leaves 0.3--1.5 mm wide, semiterete to terete; perianth pale red to purple-red. |
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(99) |
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99 (98) |
Leaves distinctly longer than scape; umbel laxly few flowered; perianth segments 3--3.5 mm; ovary with concave nectaries at base |
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92 Allium alabasicum |
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Leaves shorter than scape; umbel densely many flowered; perianth segments 6--9 mm; ovary without concave nectaries at base |
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51 Allium mongolicum |
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100 (60) |
Filaments shorter than perianth segments, never more than 4/5 as long as perianth segments. |
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(101) |
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Filaments slightly shorter to longer than perianth segments. |
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(115) |
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101 (100) |
Perianth blue. |
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(102) |
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Perianth white, pale red, purple-red, pale purple, purple, yellow, or bright yellow. |
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(104) |
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102 (101) |
Perianth segments narrowly oblong to narrowly ovate-oblong, 11--14(--17) mm, margin entire; filaments usually ca. 4/5 as long as perianth segments; style usually 2--3 × as long as ovary |
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22 Allium beesianum |
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Perianth segments ovate or ovate-oblong, 6--10 mm, margin of at least inner ones irregularly denticulate; filaments usually 1/2--2/3 as long as perianth segments; style usually shorter than or subequaling ovary. |
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(103) |
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103 (102) |
Perianth segments acuminate at apex, equal, irregularly denticulate at margin, rarely outer ones entire; leaves abaxially keeled, usually twisted when dry |
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23 Allium yuanum |
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Perianth segments obtuse at apex, inner ones longer and wider than outer, only inner ones irregularly denticulate at margin; leaves flat |
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24 Allium sikkimense |
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104 (101) |
Perianth pale or bright yellow. |
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(105) |
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Perianth white, pale red, purple-red, pale purple, or purple. |
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(106) |
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105 (104) |
Bulb cylindric; leaves slightly falcate, usually ca. 1/2 as long as or rarely subequaling scape, flat |
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79 Allium chrysocephalum |
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Bulb ovoid-globose to ovoid; leaves subequaling scape, semiterete |
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80 Allium herderianum |
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106 (104) |
Filaments connate into an urceolate tube for 3/4--4/5 their length |
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61 Allium weschniakowii |
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Filaments connate only at base or for 1/3--1/2 their length. |
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(107) |
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107 (106) |
Bulb tunic leathery; pedicels bracteolate at base; ovary with concave nectaries at base covered by hoodlike projections. |
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(108) |
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Bulb tunic membranous, papery, or thinly leathery; pedicels ebracteolate; ovary usually without concave nectaries at base (but present in A. pevtzovii). |
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(109) |
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108 (107) |
Bulb tunic brown, apex becoming fibrous and somewhat subreticulate; pedicels unequal, 2--3 × as long as perianth in fruit |
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88 Allium korolkowii |
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Bulb tunic light yellowish brown, apex laciniate; pedicels subequal, 1--2 × as long as perianth in fruit |
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89 Allium setifolium |
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109 (107) |
Perianth segments 2.8--5 mm, apex of inner ones truncate or rounded-truncate. |
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(110) |
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Perianth segments 6--18 mm, apex of inner ones obtuse or acuminate. |
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(112) |
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110 (109) |
Pedicels unequal, 1.5--3.5 cm; perianth segments 3.9--5 mm |
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60 Allium anisopodium |
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Pedicels subequal, 0.5--1.5 cm; perianth segments 2.8--4.2 mm. |
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(111) |
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111 (110) |
Bulb tunic laciniate; umbel hemispheric to globose, densely many flowered |
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59 Allium elegantulum |
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Bulb tunic splitting at apex; umbel hemispheric to fascicled, laxly flowered |
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58 Allium tenuissimum |
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112 (109) |
Inner filaments ovate at base, 1-toothed on each side; ovary with concave nectaries at base |
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87 Allium pevtzovii |
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Inner filaments subulate to narrowly ovate at base, entire; ovary without concave nectaries at base. |
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(113) |
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113 (112) |
Leaves 1.5--4 mm wide, flat; perianth segments 13--18 mm; filaments ca. 1/2 as long as perianth segments, all subulate |
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19 Allium kingdonii |
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Leaves 0.5--1 mm wide, semiterete; perianth segments 6--9 mm; filaments 2/3--3/4 as long as perianth segments, inner ones wider than outer. |
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(114) |
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114 (113) |
Bulbs densely clustered; bulb tunic papery, apex becoming fibrous; pedicels ca. 2 × as long as perianth; perianth segments ovate-oblong, 7--9 × 2.5--3 mm; broadened base of inner filaments narrowly triangular |
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53 Allium yongdengense |
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Bulbs laxly clustered; bulb tunic membranous, laciniate; pedicels 1--1.5 × as long as perianth; perianth segments elliptic to ovate, 6--7 × 3--4 mm; broadened base of inner filaments narrowly ovate |
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52 Allium caespitosum |
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115 (100) |
Leaves flat or keeled abaxially. |
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(116) |
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Leaves semiterete or terete, solid or fistulose, adaxially channeled. |
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(133) |
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116 (115) |
Bulbs attached to a stout, horizontal or oblique rhizome; scape usually 2-angled. |
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(117) |
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Bulbs attached to a vertical rhizome; scape terete. |
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(122) |
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117 (116) |
Leaves abaxially keeled; ovary with concave nectaries at base covered by hoodlike projections |
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65 Allium taishanense |
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Leaves flat; ovary without concave nectaries at base. |
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(118) |
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118 (117) |
Perianth white to yellow; pedicels ebracteolate |
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66 Allium chiwui |
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Perianth pale red or pale purple to purple-red; pedicels bracteolate at base. |
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(119) |
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119 (118) |
Leaves straight or spirally tortuous, (1.5--)2--6 mm wide. |
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(120) |
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Leaves straight or slightly falcate, 6--15 mm wide. |
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(121) |
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120 (119) |
Leaves straight, 1.5--4 mm wide |
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67 Allium spurium |
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Leaves spirally tortuous, 4--6 mm wide |
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68 Allium spirale |
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121 (119) |
Inner filaments entire at base |
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69 Allium senescens |
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Inner filaments 1-toothed on each side at base |
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70 Allium nutans |
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122 (116) |
Perianth yellowish green to pale yellow. |
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(123) |
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Perianth white, pale red, purple-red, purple, or blue. |
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(125) |
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123 (122) |
Scape covered with leaf sheaths for ca. 1/2 its length; pedicels 2--4 × as long as perianth, bracteolate at base |
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71 Allium obliquum |
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Scape covered with leaf sheaths at base only; pedicels 1--1.5 × as long as perianth, ebracteolate. |
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(124) |
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124 (123) |
Inner filaments entire at base; umbel globose, densely many flowered; leaves 3--8 mm wide |
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78 Allium rude |
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Inner filaments 1-toothed on each side at base; umbel laxly flowered; leaves 2--3 mm wide |
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64 Allium brevidentatum |
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125 (122) |
Inner filaments with 1 irregularly denticulate tooth on each side at base; ovary with concave nectaries at base covered by hoodlike projections. |
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(126) |
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Inner filaments entire at base or, if toothed, teeth never denticulate; ovary with concave nectaries at base not covered by hoodlike projections. |
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(127) |
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126 (125) |
Leaves broadly linear to linear-lanceolate, 5--23 mm wide; spathe with a long beak sometimes to 7 cm; perianth white |
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29 Allium paepalanthoides |
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Leaves linear, 2--6(--8) mm wide; spathe with a short beak; perianth pale red, pale purple, or purple |
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30 Allium plurifoliatum |
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127 (125) |
Spathe with long beak |
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82 Allium kurssanovii |
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Spathe with short beak. |
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(128) |
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128 (127) |
Bulb tunic blackish gray to black, papery or membranous. |
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(129) |
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Bulb tunic red-brown or brown to yellowish brown, leathery or thinly so. |
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(130) |
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129 (128) |
Leaves falcate; perianth white; ovary without concave nectaries at base |
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76 Allium phariense |
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Leaves straight; perianth pink or pinkish lilac; ovary with concave nectaries at base |
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77 Allium platyspathum |
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130 (128) |
Leaves 1--1.5(--3) mm wide, margin scabrous-denticulate; ovary without concave nectaries at base |
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73 Allium kaschianum |
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Leaves 2--17 mm wide, margin smooth; ovary with concave nectaries at base. |
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(131) |
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131 (130) |
Bulb tunic red-brown, lustrous |
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72 Allium hymenorhizum |
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Bulb tunic brown to yellowish brown, dull. |
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(132) |
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132 (131) |
Leaves usually falcate; inner filaments broadened at base |
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74 Allium carolinianum |
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Leaves usually not falcate; inner filaments not broadened at base |
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75 Allium blandum |
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133 (115) |
Inner filaments obtusely 1-toothed on each side at base. |
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(134) |
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Inner filaments entire at base. |
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(136) |
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134 (133) |
Perianth white or pale yellow; style conspicuously exserted; ovary with concave nectaries at base |
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46 Allium flavovirens |
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Perianth red, pale purple-red, or purple-red; style not exserted; ovary without concave nectaries at base. |
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(135) |
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135 (134) |
Inner filaments broadened for ca. 4/5 their length |
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56 Allium bidentatum |
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Inner filaments broadened for ca. 1/2 their length |
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57 Allium dentigerum |
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136 (133) |
Beak of spathe several times as long as limb. |
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(137) |
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Beak of spathe shorter than or equaling limb. |
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(138) |
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137 (136) |
Perianth segments pale yellow with green midvein |
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84 Allium petraeum |
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Perianth segments purple-red to pale red, rarely white, with dark midvein |
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81 Allium saxatile |
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138 (136) |
Perianth white, pale yellow, or greenish yellow. |
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(139) |
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Perianth pale red, red, pale purple, or purple. |
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(141) |
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139 (138) |
Leaves solid, margin ciliate-denticulate |
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85 Allium tianschanicum |
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Leaves fistulose, margin smooth. |
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(140) |
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140 (139) |
Bulb tunic red-brown, lustrous; scape solid; pedicels bracteolate at base |
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93 Allium condensatum |
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Bulb tunic light brown to brown, dull; scape fistulose; pedicels ebracteolate |
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94 Allium xichuanense |
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141 (138) |
Pedicels bracteolate at base. |
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(142) |
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Pedicels ebracteolate. |
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(147) |
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142 (141) |
Ovary with longitudinally convex nectaries along septa; nectary pit at ovary base open |
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90 Allium subtilissimum |
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Ovary without nectaries or only with concave nectaries at base. |
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(143) |
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143 (142) |
Bulbs attached to a robust, horizontal rhizome; filaments equaling or slightly longer than perianth segments; ovary without concave nectaries |
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62 Allium prostratum |
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Bulbs attached to vertical rhizome; filaments 1.25--2 × as long as perianth segments; ovary with concave nectaries. |
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(144) |
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144 (143) |
Bulb tunic red-brown, lustrous, scarious to subleathery; leaves 2--3 mm wide, margin smooth |
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91 Allium longistylum |
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Bulb tunic brown, dull, leathery; leaves 0.5--2 mm wide, margin ciliate- or scabrous-denticulate. |
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(145) |
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145 (144) |
Bulb tunic leathery, entire or laciniate at apex; ovary with concave nectaries covered by hoodlike projections |
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83 Allium caricoides |
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Bulb tunic thinly leathery to papery, splitting; ovary with concave nectaries not covered by hoodlike projections. |
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(146) |
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146 (145) |
Bulbs to 10 cm; tunic yellowish brown; filaments ca. 1/2 as long as perianth segments |
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86 Allium megalobulbon |
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Bulbs shorter; tunic brown; filaments 1.25--1.5 × as long as perianth segments |
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85 Allium tianschanicum |
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147 (141) |
Inner filaments conspicuously broadly ovate or ovate-oblong at base. |
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(148) |
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Inner filaments subulate to narrowly triangular at base, gradually attenuate toward apex. |
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(149) |
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148 (147) |
Bulb tunic grayish white, sometimes reddish; pedicels 2--3 × as long as perianth; perianth purple-red; style slightly longer than ovary |
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57 Allium dentigerum |
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Bulb tunic brown; pedicels shorter than or equaling perianth; perianth pale red; style shorter than ovary |
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56 Allium bidentatum |
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149 (147) |
Scape covered with leaf sheaths for 1/3--1/2 its length; leaves 1 or 2, margin smooth; perianth pink |
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104 Allium oliganthum |
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Scape covered with leaf sheaths only at base; leaves more than 3, margin scabrid; perianth pale purple or red-purple. |
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(150) |
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150 (149) |
Inner perianth segments irregularly denticulate at distal margin and apex; style exserted |
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62 Allium prostratum |
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Inner perianth segments entire; style not exserted |
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63 Allium rubens |