Allium thunbergii

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamilia: Allioideae
Tribus: Allieae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Cepa
Sectio: A. sect. Sacculiferum
Species: Allium thunbergii
Varietas: A. t. var. deltoides – A. t. var. teretifolium – A. t. var. thunbergii
Name

Allium thunbergii G.Don, 1827.
Synonyms

Homotypic

Allium odorum Thunb., Fl. Jap.: 132. 1784, nom. illeg.

References

Don, G. 1827. Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 6: 84.
Hao, G. & al. 2002. Taxonomical relationships in Allium sect. Sacculiferum. Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 43: 63–68.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Allium thunbergii in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Allium thunbergii. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 25 2018.

Vernacular names
日本語: ヤマラッキョウ
한국어: 산부추
svenska: Japansk lök
中文: 球序韭

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

References

The 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.
"Allium thunbergii". Royal Horticultural Society. 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Flora of China v 24 p 197, Allium thunbergii
Flora 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
Liu, Tang Shui & Ying, Shao Shun. 1978. Flora of Taiwan 5: 45
P.P.Gritsenko. 1979. Byull. Vses. Ord. Lenina Inst. Rast. N.I. Vavilova 96: 23
line drawing of Allium thunbergii, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 221, 1-4

Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.

Bibliography
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Choi, Hyeok JAE; Oh, Byoung UN (October 2011). "A partial revision of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea and north-eastern China". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 167 (2): 153–211. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01166.x.