Allium maowenense
| 茂汶薤 mao wen xie | |
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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. Polyprason |
| Species: | A. maowenense
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium maowenense J.M. Xu
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Allium maowenense is a plant species endemic to the Sichuan region of China. It grows there at elevations of 1100–1500 m.[1]
Allium maowenense has egg-shaped bulbs up to 2 cm in diameter. Scape is up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are hollow, tubular, shorter than the scape. Umbels are spherical, packed with many flowers; tepals white with pink or green midveins.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 198.
- ^ Xu, Jie Mei. 1994. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 32(4): 356–357, pl. 1.
- ^ line drawing of Allium maowenense, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 224, 1-4