Allium parciflorum explained

Allium parciflorum is a plant species known only from the islands of Corsica and Sardinia in the Mediterranean.^{[1] [2]} It is common at all elevations on those two islands but unknown elsewhere.^[3]

Allium parciflorum has egg-shaped bulbs. Scape is up to 25 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are thin and tubular, about the same length as the scape but withering before flowering time. Umbels have very few bell-shaped flowers. Tepals are white to pale lavender with prominent dark purple midveins.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Allium parciflorum is closely related to Allium lojaconoi, endemic to Malta.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Viviani, Domenico. 1824. Florae Corsicae specierum novarum vel minus cognitarum diagnosis quam in Florae Italicae fragmenti alterius prodromum, Appendix page 2
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/18400082 Tropicos, Allium parciflorum Viv.
3. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=allium+parciflorum Altervista Flora Italiana, Aglio paucifloro, Allium parciflorum
4. Viviani, Domenico. 1825. Appendix altera ad florae Corsicae Prodromus: 2.
5. http://www.sardegnaflora.it/linkendemiche/allium_parciflorum.html Flora di Sardegna, plantae endemicae, Allium parciflorum
6. http://www.sardegnaflora.it/linkendemiche/allium_parciflorum.html Allium parciflorum, Flora di Sardegna
7. http://www.actaplantarum.org/acta/galleria1.php?aid=3716 Acta Plantarum, Galleria della Flora italiana, Allium parciflorum Viv.
8. Salvatore Brullo, E. Lanfranco, Pietro Pavone. 1982. Allium lojaconoi sp. nov. e sue affinita con Allium parciflorum Viv. Webbia 35(2): 295–306.