Allium lojaconoi

Allium lojaconoi, common name Maltese dwarf garlic, is a species of wild garlic endemic to the Republic of Malta in the Mediterranean. The species was first described in 1982 by Salvatore Brullo , E. Lanfranco and Pietro Pavone. It is closely related to A. parciflorum, from Sardinia and Corsica.[1][2]

Maltese dwarf garlic
Allium lojaconoi found at the Dingli Cliffs in Malta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. lojaconoi
Binomial name
Allium lojaconoi
Brullo, Lanfr. & Pavone

Description

Allium lojaconoi is a perennial bulb plant. It is extremely delicate and only 5 to 10 centimeters high. The flowering time is summer. The inflorescence is a loose capitulum with four to twelve stalked flowers. The flowers are brown-purple to pink in colour, with a central dark stripe on each petal.[3] The plant has 16 chromosomes (2n).[4]

Occurrence

Allium lojaconoi usually grows on rocky ground near the coast, on all three of the major islands of the country (Malta, Gozo and Comino).[5]. The species is reported as rare.


References
  1. Salvatore Brullo, E. Lanfranco, Pietro Pavone. 1982. Webbia 35(2): 296.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Weber, Hans Christian (2006). Flora of the Maltese Islands : a field guide. Bernd Kendzior. Weikersheim: Margraf. ISBN 3-8236-1478-9. OCLC 71355428.
  4. "Tropicos | Name - Allium lojaconoi Brullo, Lanfr. & Pavone". legacy.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  5. IUCN Red Lest of Threatened Species, Allium lojaconoi'
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