Allium litardierei explained

Allium litardierei is a North African species of wild onion native to Algeria and Morocco.^{[1] [2]}

The oldest name applied to the taxon is the 1924 moniker Allium paniculatum subsp. breviscapum Litard. & Maire. Elevating the epithet breviscapum to species level is prevented by the existence of the 1885 name Allium breviscapum Stapf, hence the need for a new name, Allium litardierei J.-M.Tison in 2010.^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=462227 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Litardière, René Verriet de & Maire, René Charles Joseph Ernest. 1924. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc 4: 21
3. Tison, J.-M. 2010. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord 1: 403