Spermatophyta: Monocotyledonae

Alliaceae - Onion family

Kativu, S. (2002) Alliaceae of the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 18(1) 72-76

Kativu, S. (2008) Alliaceae FZ 13(1)

Description of the family

Rootstock a bulb or rhizome. Plants sometimes smelling strongly of onion. Flowers in umbels, subtended by a spathe. Perianth segments fused into a tube below, 6-lobed and sometimes with a corona at the mouth of the tube (Tulbaghia). Stamens 6. Ovary superior, 3-locular. Fruit a capsule. Seeds flattened, black, shiny.

Worldwide: 30 genera and 850 species, cosmopolitan, excluding Australia.

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Agapanthus L'Hér.Image
Tulbaghia L.Description

Other sources of information about Alliaceae:

Flora of Zimbabwe: Alliaceae
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Alliaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Stefaan Dondeyne 2007-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Dondeyne, S. (2013). Flora of Mozambique: Family page: Alliaceae.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=6, retrieved 23 May 2013

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