Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa' in the garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal, Madison, Wisconsin
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:
Allioideae
Genus:
Allium
Species:
A. thunbergii
Binomial name
Allium thunbergii
G. Don
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
Allium arenarium Thunb.
Allium bakeri var. morrisonense (Hayata) T.S.Liu & S.S.Ying
Allium bakeri var. morrisonense (Hayata) Tang S. Liu & S.S. Ying
Allium cyaneum f. stenodon (Nakai & Kitag.) Kitag.
Allium cyaneum var. stenodon (Nakai & Kitag.) Kitag.
Allium japonicum Steud.
Allium morrisonense Hayata
Allium nerinifolium Baker
Allium odorum Thunb. 1784, illegitimate homonym not L. 1767
Allium plurifoliatum var. stenodon (Nakai & Kitag.) J.M.Xu
Allium pseudocyaneum Grüning
Allium sacculiferum var. glaucum P.P.Gritz.
Allium sacculiferum var. robustum P.P.Gritz.
Allium senescens Thunb.
Allium stenodon Nakai & Kitag.
Allium triquetrum Lour.
Allium yamarakyo Honda
Allium thunbergii, Thunberg's chive[2] or Thunberg garlic,[3] is an East Asian species of wild onion native to Japan (incl Bonin + Ryukyu Islands), Korea, and China (incl. Taiwan).[4] It grows at elevations up to 3000 m. The Flora of China recognizes A. tunbergii and A. stenodon as separate species, but more recent sources combine the two.[1][5][6][7][8][9]
Allium thunbergii produces one or two egg-shaped bulbs up to 20 mm in diameter. Scapes are up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are longer than the scape, hollow, triangular in cross-section. Umbels are crowded with many red or purple flowers.[5][6][10][11][12][13][14]
The specific epithet thunbergii references the Swedish botanist Carl Peter Thunberg.[15]
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]
Varieties[4]
Allium thunbergii var. deltoides (S.O.Yu, S.Lee & W.T.Lee) H.J.Choi & B.U.Oh - Gayasan National Park in Korea
Allium thunbergii var. teretifolium H.J.Choi & B.U.Oh - Korea
Allium thunbergii var. thunbergii - China, Japan, Korea
^ abThe Plant List
^Korea National Arboretum (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants(PDF). Pocheon: National Arboretum. p. 348. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
^ ab"Allium thunbergii". Royal Horticultural Society. 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
^ abKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ abFlora of China v 24 p 197, Allium thunbergii
^ abFlora of China v 24 p 179, Allium stenodon
^Ohwi, J. (1984). Flora of Japan (in English): 1-1067. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
^Kobayashi, S. & Ono, M. (1987). A Revised List of Vascular Plants Indigenous and Introduced to the Bonin (Ogasawara) and the Volcano (Kazan) Islands. Ogasawara Research 13: 1-55.
^Choi & Oh 2011.
^Don, George. 1827. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 6: 84.
^Nakai, Takenoshin & Kitagawa, Masao. 1934. Report of the First Scientific Expedition to Manchoukou 4(1): 18, pl. 6., as Allium stenodon
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