Allium pskemense explained

Allium pskemense is a rare Asian species of wild onion native to Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and southern Kazakhstan.[1] [2] [3]

Allium pskemense has been overharvested for its traditional uses in food and medicine, though there are some reports of it being cultivated in kitchen gardens.[4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=296349 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
  3. Petrova, N.A. (ed.) (1967). Flora Kirgizskoi SSR dopolnenie 1: 1-149. Frunze : Izd-vo KirgizFAN SSSR.
  4. Fedtschenko, Boris Alexjewitsch. 1905. Bull. Jard. Bot. Petersb., Izv. Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 43
  5. Web site: UNEP Redlist Arkive species of the day: Allium pskemense . 2014-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107210943/http://www.cropwildrelatives.org/fileadmin/www.cropwildrelatives.org/images/pdf/Allium-pskemense_IUCN.pdf . 2012-11-07 . dead .