Synonym(s): Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum
Image ID: 8704
Image by: Ware, Richard & Teresa
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PLANT INDEX
ID_PLANT: ALAM
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Allium ampeloprasum
Include in WOTAS: 0
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Last Modified: 2018-01-01
GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: ALLIU GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Allium GENUS AUTHORITY: L. GENUS COMMON: Onion GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of 500-700 species, herbs, of Eurasia, n. Africa, and North America (especially diverse in c. Asia). GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES: Mathew (1996)=Z; Rahn in Kubitzki (1998a); McNeal & Jacobsen in FNA (2002a). [also see Nothoscordum]
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: LILIAC FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Liliaceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789 FAMILY COMMON: Lily Family FAMILY SUMMARY: As here interpreted narrowly, the Liliaceae constitutes about 11 genera and 550 species, of the Northern Hemisphere. There has been much investigation and re-interpretation of evidence regarding the upper-level taxonomy of the Liliales, with strong suggestions that the broad Liliaceae recognized by Cronquist (1981) is artificial and polyphyletic. Cronquist (1981) himself concurs, at least to a degree: we still await a comprehensive reorganization of the lilies into several families more comparable to other recognized families of angiosperms. Dahlgren & Clifford (1982) and Dahlgren, Clifford, & Yeo (1985) synthesized an early phase in the modern revolution of monocot taxonomy. Since then, additional research, especially molecular (Duvall et al. 1993, Chase et al. 1993, Bogler & Simpson 1995, and many others more recently), has strongly validated the general lines (and many details) of Dahlgrens arrangement. FAMILY REFERENCE: Chen et al. (2013); Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (1998, 2003, 2009); Tamura in Kubitzki (1998a). [also see AGAVACEAE, ALLIACEAE, ALSTROEMERIACEAE, AMARYLLIDACEAE, ASPARAGACEAE, COLCHICACEAE, HELONIADACEAE, HEMEROCALLIDACEAE, HOSTACEAE, HYACINTHACEAE, HYPOXIDACEAE, MELANTHIACEAE, NARTHECIACEAE, RUSCACEAE, SMILACACEAE, THEMIDACEAE, TOFIELDIACEAE, TRILLIACEAE, XEROPHYLLACEAE]
USDA Symbol: ALAM
USDA Common Name: Broadleaf Wild Leek
Native Status: L48 (I)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, CA, GA, IL, KY, LA, MS, NC, NY, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Allium ampeloprasum
COMMON NAME: Wild Leek, Yorktown Onion
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, FNA, G, RAB, Va, W, Z; > A. ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum - K; > A. ampeloprasum var. atroviolaceum (Boissier) Regel - K]
PHENOLOGY: Late May-early Jul; Jul-Aug.
HABITAT: Roadsides and other disturbed areas; native of Eurasia.
COMMENTS:
RANGE MAP: Allium ampeloprasum.png
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Liliaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Lily Family) SUMMARY: As here interpreted narrowly, the Liliaceae constitutes about 11 genera and 550 species, of the Northern Hemisphere. There has been much investigation and re-interpretation of evidence regarding the upper-level taxonomy of the Liliales, with strong suggestions that the broad Liliaceae recognized by Cronquist (1981) is artificial and polyphyletic. Cronquist (1981) himself concurs, at least to a degree: we still await a comprehensive reorganization of the lilies into several families more comparable to other recognized families of angiosperms. Dahlgren & Clifford (1982) and Dahlgren, Clifford, & Yeo (1985) synthesized an early phase in the modern revolution of monocot taxonomy. Since then, additional research, especially molecular (Duvall et al. 1993, Chase et al. 1993, Bogler & Simpson 1995, and many others more recently), has strongly validated the general lines (and many details) of Dahlgrens arrangement. REFERENCE: Chen et al. (2013); Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (1998, 2003, 2009); Tamura in Kubitzki (1998a). [also see AGAVACEAE, ALLIACEAE, ALSTROEMERIACEAE, AMARYLLIDACEAE, ASPARAGACEAE, COLCHICACEAE, HELONIADACEAE, HEMEROCALLIDACEAE, HOSTACEAE, HYACINTHACEAE, HYPOXIDACEAE, MELANTHIACEAE, NARTHECIACEAE, RUSCACEAE, SMILACACEAE, THEMIDACEAE, TOFIELDIACEAE, TRILLIACEAE, XEROPHYLLACEAE]ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Allium L. (Onion) SUMMARY: A genus of 500-700 species, herbs, of Eurasia, n. Africa, and North America (especially diverse in c. Asia). REFERENCE: Mathew (1996)=Z; Rahn in Kubitzki (1998a); McNeal & Jacobsen in FNA (2002a). [also see Nothoscordum]
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
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