Allium hookeri is a plant species native to India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Bhutan, and southwestern China (Sichuan, Tibet and Yunnan). Common names include Hooker chives and garlic chives.
Allium hookeri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Subgenus: | A. subg. Amerallium |
Species: | A. hookeri
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Binomial name | |
Allium hookeri | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Allium tsoongii F.T.Wang & Tang |
Allium hookeri produces thick, fleshy roots and a cluster of thin bulbs. Scapes are up top 60 cm tall. Leaves are flat and narrow, about the same length as the scapes but only 1 cm across. Umbels are crowded with many white or greenish-yellow flowers.[2][3][4][5]
Uses
editAllium hookeri is widely cultivated outside its native range, and valued as a food item in much of South and Southeast Asia.[2][6]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List
- ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 174 宽叶韭 kuan ye jiu Allium hookeri
- ^ Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1864. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae, an enumeration of Ceylon plants, p 339.
- ^ F.T.Wang & Tang. 1937. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology; Botany. Peiping 7: 292. 1937
- ^ Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. Thimphu.
- ^ Flowers of India, Hooker chives, Allium hookeri
External links
edit- Media related to Allium hookeri at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Allium hookeri at Wikispecies
- "Allium hookeri". Plants for a Future.