Allium ampeloprasum

Allium ampeloprasum
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Subgenus:	A. subg. Allium
Species:	A. ampeloprasum
Binomial name
	Allium ampeloprasum; L.
Synonyms
	Species synonymy Allium adscendens Kunth ; Allium albescens Guss. ; Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii (Borrer) Syme ; Allium ampeloprasum var. bertolonii (De Not.) Nyman ; Allium ampeloprasum var. bulbiferum Syme ; Allium ampeloprasum var. bulgaricum Podp. ; Allium ampeloprasum var. caudatum Pamp. ; Allium ampeloprasum subsp. euampeloprasum Hayek ; Allium ampeloprasum var. gasparrinii (Guss.) Nyman ; Allium ampeloprasum var. gracile Cavara ; Allium ampeloprasum subsp. halleri Nyman ; Allium ampeloprasum var. holmense Asch. & Graebn. ; Allium ampeloprasum f. holmense (Asch. & Graebn.) Holmboe ; Allium ampeloprasum subsp. porrum (L.) Hayek ; Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum (L.) J.Gay ; Allium ampeloprasum var. pylium (De Not.) Asch. & Graebn. ; Allium ampeloprasum subsp. thessalum (Boiss.) Nyman ; Allium ampeloprasum var. wiedemannii Regel ; Allium ascendens Ten. ; Allium babingtonii Borrer ; Allium bertolonii De Not. ; Allium byzantinum K.Koch ; Allium duriaeanum Regel ; Allium durieuanum Walp. ; Allium gasparrinii Guss. ; Allium halleri G.Don ; Allium holmense Mill. ex Kunth ; Allium kurrat Schweinf. ex K.Krause ; Allium laetum Salisb. ; Allium lineare Mill. ; Allium porraceum Gray ; Allium porrum L. ; Allium porrum var. ampeloprasum (L.) Mirb. ; Allium porrum subsp. euampeloprasum Breistr. ; Allium porrum var. kurrat (Schweinf. ex K.Krause) Seregin ; Allium pylium De Not. ; Allium scopulicola Font Quer ; Allium scorodoprasum subsp. babingtonii (Borrer) Nyman ; Allium spectabile De Not. ; Allium syriacum Boiss. ; Allium thessalum Boiss. ; Porrum amethystinum Rchb. ; Porrum ampeloprasum (L.) Mill. ; Porrum commune Rchb. ; Porrum sativum Mill. ;

Allium ampeloprasum is a member of the onion genus Allium. The wild plant is commonly known as wild leek or broadleaf wild leek. Its native range is southern Europe to southwestern Asia and North Africa,^[2] but it is cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in many countries.

Allium ampeloprasum has been differentiated into five cultivated vegetables, namely leek, elephant garlic, pearl onion, kurrat, and Persian leek. Some sources (especially archeological ones) refer to each of these as a separate species,.^[3] but they are all united in A. ampeloprasum now.

^ "Allium ampeloprasum". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
^ "Allium ampeloprasum L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
^ Zohary, Daniel; Hopf, Maria; Weiss, Ehud (2012). Domestication of plants in the Old World: the origin and spread of domesticated plants in Southwest Asia, Europe, and the Mediterranean Basin (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 195. ISBN 9780199549061. The more robust varieties grown for their thick 'pseudostem' (A. porrum L. senu stricto) and the slender leafy forms (sometimes referred to as A. kurrat Schweinf.), are all closely related to, and inter-fertile with, the wild and weedy tetraploid forms of wild Allium ampeloprasum L., which is widely distributed in the Mediterranean basin.

[plantlist-1] "Allium ampeloprasum". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online

[powo-2] "Allium ampeloprasum L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

[3] Zohary, Daniel; Hopf, Maria; Weiss, Ehud (2012). Domestication of plants in the Old World: the origin and spread of domesticated plants in Southwest Asia, Europe, and the Mediterranean Basin (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 195. ISBN 9780199549061. The more robust varieties grown for their thick 'pseudostem' (A. porrum L. senu stricto) and the slender leafy forms (sometimes referred to as A. kurrat Schweinf.), are all closely related to, and inter-fertile with, the wild and weedy tetraploid forms of wild Allium ampeloprasum L., which is widely distributed in the Mediterranean basin.

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Allium ampeloprasum

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Subgenus:	A. subg. Allium
Species:	A. ampeloprasum
Binomial name
*Allium ampeloprasum* L.
Synonyms^[1]
Species synonymy Allium adscendens Kunth Allium albescens Guss. Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii (Borrer) Syme Allium ampeloprasum var. bertolonii (De Not.) Nyman Allium ampeloprasum var. bulbiferum Syme Allium ampeloprasum var. bulgaricum Podp. Allium ampeloprasum var. caudatum Pamp. Allium ampeloprasum subsp. euampeloprasum Hayek Allium ampeloprasum var. gasparrinii (Guss.) Nyman Allium ampeloprasum var. gracile Cavara Allium ampeloprasum subsp. halleri Nyman Allium ampeloprasum var. holmense Asch. & Graebn. Allium ampeloprasum f. holmense (Asch. & Graebn.) Holmboe Allium ampeloprasum subsp. porrum (L.) Hayek Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum (L.) J.Gay Allium ampeloprasum var. pylium (De Not.) Asch. & Graebn. Allium ampeloprasum subsp. thessalum (Boiss.) Nyman Allium ampeloprasum var. wiedemannii Regel Allium ascendens Ten. Allium babingtonii Borrer Allium bertolonii De Not. Allium byzantinum K.Koch Allium duriaeanum Regel Allium durieuanum Walp. Allium gasparrinii Guss. Allium halleri G.Don Allium holmense Mill. ex Kunth Allium kurrat Schweinf. ex K.Krause Allium laetum Salisb. Allium lineare Mill. Allium porraceum Gray Allium porrum L. Allium porrum var. ampeloprasum (L.) Mirb. Allium porrum subsp. euampeloprasum Breistr. Allium porrum var. kurrat (Schweinf. ex K.Krause) Seregin Allium pylium De Not. Allium scopulicola Font Quer Allium scorodoprasum subsp. babingtonii (Borrer) Nyman Allium spectabile De Not. Allium syriacum Boiss. Allium thessalum Boiss. Porrum amethystinum Rchb. Porrum ampeloprasum (L.) Mill. Porrum commune Rchb. Porrum sativum Mill.