| Allium plummerae | |
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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 |
| Species: | A. plummerae
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| Binomial name | |
| Allium plummerae | |
Allium plummerae is a species of plant native to southern Arizona (Pima and Cochise Counties) in the United States and to Sonora in Mexico.[1] It is known by the common names Plummer's onion and Tanner's Canyon onion.[1] It grows on rocky slopes and stream banks in mountains regions at elevations of 1600–2800 m.[2][3][4]
Allium plummerae produces elongate bulbs up to 5 cm long but rarely more than 1.5 cm in diameter. Flowers are up to 10 mm across; tepals white or pink; anthers purple; pollen yellow.[2][5][6]
The epithet "plummerae" is in honor of one member of the expedition that collected those specimens, botanist Sara Plummer Lemmon.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Allium plummerae. Archived 2014-09-16 at the Wayback Machine Plant Abstracts. Arizona Game and Fish Department.
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 26 p 242, Allium plummerae
- ^ BONAP (Biota of North America Project) floristic synthesis,Allium plummerae
- ^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico, D.F.
- ^ a b Sereno Watson. 1883. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 18: 195.
- ^ Kearney, T. H. and R. H. Peebles. 1960. Arizona Flora. University of California Press, Berkeley.
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