Allium tenuissimum explained

Allium tenuissimum is an Asian species of wild onion native to Mongolia, Asiatic Russia, Korea, Kazakhstan and China.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Allium tenuissimum produces a cluster of small, narrow bulbs. Scapes are up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, shorter than the scapes, about 10 mm in diameter. Flowers are white or pink with a narrow red midvein along each of the tepals.^{[2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Varieties^[1]

• Allium tenuissimum var. nalinicum S.Chen - Inner Mongolia
• Allium tenuissimum var. tenuissimum - most of specific range

formerly included^[1]

• Allium tenuissimum var. anisopodium, now called Allium anisopodium
• Allium tenuissimum f. zimmermannianum, now called Allium anisopodium var. zimmermannianum

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=296784 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027541 Flora of China v 24 p 185 细叶韭 xi ye jiu Allium tenuissimum
3. Choi, H.J. and Oh, B.U. (2011), A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 167: 153–211. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01166.x
4. http://www.botanicus.org/page/358320 Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 301.
5. Chen, Shan. 1983. Flora Intramongolica 8: 348, 199.
6. Sun, Qi-shi. 1992. Flora Liaoningica 2: 717.
7. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15903458#page/347/mode/1up Regel, Eduard August von. 1887. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 10(1): 342.
8. Regel, Eduard August von. 1875. Alliorum Adhuc Cognitorum Monographia 175.
9. MU Qi yun (Department of Food Engineering,Shaanxi Normal University,Xian 710062,China);Study on the chemical composition of the flower of Allium tenuissimum by GC-MS[J];Acta Botanica Boreali-occidentalia Sinica;2001-06