| Sikkim onion blue-flowered onion 高山韭 gao shan jiu | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Reticulatobulbosa |
| Species: | A. sikkimense
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium sikkimense | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Allium sikkimense is a plant species native to Sikkim, Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, India and parts of China ( Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan). It grows in meadows and on the edges of forests at elevations of 2400–5000 m. [2] The species is cultivated as an ornamental in other regions because of its strikingly beautiful blue flowers. [3] [4] [5] It is used medicinally in the Sikkim Eastern Himalayas. [6]
Allium sikkimense has a cluster of narrow bulbs generally less than 5 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. Leaves are flat, narrow, shorter than the scape, up to 5 mm wide. Umbel is a densely crowded hemisphere of blue flowers. [2] [7] [8] [9]
References
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 178, Allium sikkimense
- ^ Plant World Seeds, Newton Abbot, Devon, United Kingdom
- ^ Sequim Rare Plants, Sequim, Washington State, USA
- ^ Dave's Garden Plant Files
- ^ O'Neill, A. R.; Badola, H.K.; Dhyani, P. P.; Rana, S. K. (2017). "Integrating ethnobiological knowledge into biodiversity conservation in the Eastern Himalayas". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 13 (1): 21. doi: 10.1186/s13002-017-0148-9. PMC 5372287. PMID 28356115.
- ^ Baker, John Gilbert. 1874. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 12(142): 292–293.
- ^ Regel, Eduard August von. 1887. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 10(2): 690, as Allium kansuense
- ^ Rendle, Alfred Barton. 1906. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 44(2): 41–42, as Allium tibeticum
| Sikkim onion blue-flowered onion 高山韭 gao shan jiu | |
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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. Reticulatobulbosa |
| Species: | A. sikkimense
|
| Binomial name | |
| Allium sikkimense | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
| |
Allium sikkimense is a plant species native to Sikkim, Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, India and parts of China ( Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan). It grows in meadows and on the edges of forests at elevations of 2400–5000 m. [2] The species is cultivated as an ornamental in other regions because of its strikingly beautiful blue flowers. [3] [4] [5] It is used medicinally in the Sikkim Eastern Himalayas. [6]
Allium sikkimense has a cluster of narrow bulbs generally less than 5 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 40 cm tall. Leaves are flat, narrow, shorter than the scape, up to 5 mm wide. Umbel is a densely crowded hemisphere of blue flowers. [2] [7] [8] [9]
References
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 178, Allium sikkimense
- ^ Plant World Seeds, Newton Abbot, Devon, United Kingdom
- ^ Sequim Rare Plants, Sequim, Washington State, USA
- ^ Dave's Garden Plant Files
- ^ O'Neill, A. R.; Badola, H.K.; Dhyani, P. P.; Rana, S. K. (2017). "Integrating ethnobiological knowledge into biodiversity conservation in the Eastern Himalayas". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 13 (1): 21. doi: 10.1186/s13002-017-0148-9. PMC 5372287. PMID 28356115.
- ^ Baker, John Gilbert. 1874. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 12(142): 292–293.
- ^ Regel, Eduard August von. 1887. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 10(2): 690, as Allium kansuense
- ^ Rendle, Alfred Barton. 1906. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 44(2): 41–42, as Allium tibeticum