Table 1 Morphological description of four Allium species in subgenus Reticulatobulbosa
From: Taxonomic assessment of Allium species from Kazakhstan based on ITS and matK markers
Species | A.oreoprasoides | A.oreoscordum | A.inconspicuum | A. barszcewskii |
Section | Nigrimontana | Unknown | Companulata | Companulata |
Subgenus | Reticulatobulbosa | Reticulatobulbosa | Reticulatobulbosa | Reticulatobulbosa |
Traits: | ||||
Bulb | Cylindrical-conical, 0,5-1 cm | Narrow conical, up to 1 cm wide | Oblong, ovoid-like, 0,5–1,5 cm wide | Conical, ovoid-like, 0,7–1,5 cm wide |
Tunics | Reddish-brown, reticulate | Brownish, reticulate | Brown, reticulate | Brown, reticulate |
Stem Length | 20-30 cm, furrowed | 25-50 cm | 15-30 cm, thin | 20-60 cm |
Leaves (Number; Width) | Linear, flat (4–6; 2-3 mm) | Linear, flat (5–7; 3-5 mm, hard, shorter than stems) | Narrow-linear, filamentous, furrowed (1–2; 0,5-1 mm in width, a little shorter than stems) | Narrow-linear, smooth, furrowed (1; 1-3 mm, shorter than stems) |
Spathe | With pointy end (1,5–2 times shorter than umbela) | Shortly-pointed (Equal to umbela) | Shortly-pointed (3 times shorter than umbela) | Shortly-pointed (2–3 times shorter than umbela) |
Umbela | Hemispherical or spherical/multiflorous, dense | Spherical / large, dense | Bundle-like / non-multiflorous, loose | Bundle-like hemispherical / multiflorous, dense |
Peduncle | Equal to each other, 2–3 times longer than perianth | Almost equal to each other, 1,5–3 times longer than perianth | Almost equal to each other, shorter, equal or longer than perianth | Unequal to each other, 2–3 times longer than perianth |
Bracts | Present | Present | No | No |
Perianth lobes (Length; Outter) | Pale pink with purple vein (4–5 mm; Boat-shaped) | Greenish-white on the back (4 mm; Boat-shaped) | Pale dirty-violet, darker on the back (8–11 mm; Linear-lanceolate) | Pink-violet, pink, white (7–14 mm; Lanceolate) |
Stamina filaments | 0.25 times longer than perianth, fused with each other and with perianth | 1,5 times longer than perianth, fused with each other and with perianth | 2 times shorter than perianth, fused with each other | 1,5 times shorter than perianth, fused with each other and with perianth on 1/3 – 1/2 |
Style | Significantly extends out of corolla | Extends out of corolla | Does not extend out of corolla | Does not extend out of corolla |