Allium siculum

Honey garlic
Inflorescence
Foliage
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Nectaroscordum
Species:
A. siculum
Binomial name
Allium siculum
Synonyms[1][2][3]
Synonymy
  • Allium bulgaricum (Janka) Prodán
  • Nectaroscordum siculum (Ucria) Lindl.
  • Nothoscordum siculum (Ucria) auct., published anonymously
  • Trigonea sicula (Ucria) Parl.
  • Nectaroscordum bulgaricum Janka
  • Allium meliophilum Juz.
  • Nectaroscordum meliophilum (Juz.) Stank.
  • Allium dioscoridis Sm.
  • Nectaroscordum dioscoridis (Sm.) Stankov

Allium siculum (syn. Nectaroscordum siculum), known as honey garlic,[4] Sicilian honey lily, Sicilian honey garlic, or Mediterranean bells, is a European and Turkish species of plant in the genus Allium. It is native to the regions around the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and grown in other regions as an ornamental and as a culinary herb.[1]

  1. ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". wcsp.science.kew.org. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  2. ^ Plant List, Allium siculum[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Kubec, R.; Kim, S.; McKeon, D. M.; Musah, R. A. (2002). "Isolation of S-butylcysteine sulfoxide and six butyl-containing thiosulfinates from Allium siculum". Journal of Natural Products. 65 (7): 960–964. doi:10.1021/np020064i. PMID 12141853.
  4. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.