Allium guttatum, spotted garlic, is a species of wild garlic native to Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, the Balkan Peninsula, the Aegean Islands, Turkey, Cyprus, Romania, and Ukraine (including Crimea).[2] Described in 1809, by 1819 it was being cultivated in British gardens as an ornamental.[3]

Allium guttatum
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Allium
Species:
A. guttatum
Binomial name
Allium guttatum

Subspecies

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The following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]

  • Allium guttatum subsp. dalmaticum (A.Kern. ex Janch.) Stearn
  • Allium guttatum subsp. guttatum
  • Allium guttatum subsp. kartalkayaense Yild.
  • Allium guttatum subsp. sardoum (Moris) Stearn
  • Allium guttatum subsp. tenorei (Parl.) Soldano

References

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  1. ^ Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 2: 173 (1809)
  2. ^ a b "Allium guttatum Steven". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. ^ Miller, Phillip (1834). Miller's Dictionary of Gardening, Botany, and Agriculture. London: Orr and Smith. p. 142.