Allium griffithianum explained

Allium griffithianum is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae.[1] It is an onion found in the high mountains of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. It is a perennial herb up to 40 cm tall, with a hemispherical umbel of flowers, white or light pink or pale purple.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Allium griffithianum Boiss.. . n.d.. Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. August 26, 2020.
  2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250064551 Flora of Pakistan
  3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=295668 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Pierre Edmond Boissier. 1859. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae ser. 2, 4: 117.
  5. Merkodovich, N.A. (ed.) (1941). Flora Uzbekistana 1: 1-566. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
  6. Ovczinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 2: 1-454. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva
  7. Lazkov, G.A., Ganybaeva, M.R. & Toktosunova, K.R. (2007). New and rare species for the flora of Kirghizia. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 92: 1071-1076.