Taxon: Allium giganteum Regel

Common names:

• ail géant de l'Himalaya   (Source: Zander ed17 )
  
• giant onion   (Source: Man HerbPl )
  
• oignon géant   (Source: UPOV)
  
• Reisenlauch   (Source: Zander ed17 )
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (for floral arrangements fide Zander ed13; Man HerbPl)
  

Distributional range:

Native:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan [n. & w.]; Iran [n.e.]
  Middle Asia: Tajikistan [s.]; Turkmenistan [s.]; Uzbekistan

References:

• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Khassanov, F. O. 1992. A revision of the genus Allium L. in the flora of Uzbekistan. In: Hanelt, P. et al., eds., The genus Allium - taxonomic problems and genetic resources. Proceedings of an international symposium held at Gatersleben, Germany, June 11-13, 1991. (Allium TaxGR) 158.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rabinowitch, H. D. & A. Harazy. 1992. The genus Allium - taxonomic problems and genetic resources. Proceedings of an international symposium held at Gatersleben, Germany, June 11-13, 1991. (Allium TaxGR) 273.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Stearn, W. T. 1944. Notes on the genus Allium in the Old World. Herbertia 11:11–34.
• Still, S. M. 1994. Manual of herbaceous ornamental plants, ed. 4. (Man HerbPl)
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Allium giganteum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Allium giganteum. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Allium giganteum Regel:

• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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