Allium curtum explained

Allium curtum is species of flowering plant in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. It is native to Cyprus, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, the Sinai Peninsula, Syria and Turkey.^[1] It is a bulb-forming perennial producing a tight, head-like umbel of green or purple flowers.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Subspecies accepted

• Allium curtum subsp. curtum - Egypt incl Sinai, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus
• Allium curtum subsp. palaestinum Feinbrun - Rafah region in northeastern Sinai

Notes and References

1. Web site: Allium curtum Boiss. & Gaill.. . n.d.. Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. September 7, 2020.
2. Web site: Flora of Israel Online . 2014-03-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140330053127/http://flora.huji.ac.il/browse.asp?action=specie&specie=ALLCUR . 2014-03-30 . dead .
3. Pierre Edmond Boissier & Charles Gaillardot. 1859. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae ser. 2, 4: 116.
4. Feinbrun, Naomi. 1943. Polish Botanical Journal 4: 14.
5. Duyfjes-de Wilde, Brigitta Emma Elisabeth. 1976. Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool 76(11): 52.
6. Täckholm, Vivi & Drar, Mohammed. 1954. Flora of Egypt 3: 69., Allium curtum subsp. aegyptiacum
7. Seregin, Alexey Petrovich. 2004. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii. Moscow & Leningrad 36: 101, Allium aegyptiacum