Allium moly

Golden garlic
Allium moly
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Amerallium
Species:
A. moly
Binomial name
Allium moly
L. 1753 not Griseb. & Schur ex Regel 1875 nor Ucria 1789 nor Georgi 1780[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Cepa moly (L.) Moench
  • Kalabotis moly (L.) Raf.
  • Molyza moly (L.) Salisb.
  • Nectaroscordum moly (L.) Galasso & Banfi
  • Allium aureum Lam.
  • Allium flavum Salisb. 1796, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753
  • Allium moly var. bulbilliferum Rouy

Allium moly, also known as yellow garlic,[4] golden garlic and lily leek, Is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium, which also includes the flowering and culinary onions and garlic. A bulbous herbaceous perennial from the Mediterranean,[5][6] it is edible and also used as a medicinal and ornamental plant.[7][8]

  1. ^ Draper Munt, D. (2011). "Allium moly". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172220A6852079. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172220A6852079.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ The International Plant Names Index
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference w was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  5. ^ Tropicos, Allium moly L.
  6. ^ Maire, R. (1958). Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 5: 1-307. Paul Lechevalier, Paris
  7. ^ Missouri Botanical Garden Gardening Help: Allium moly
  8. ^ "Allium moly". Plants for a Future.