Allium oreophilum C. A. Mey. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Allium oreophilum C. A. Mey.

Summary

Genus:

Allium

Subgenus:

Porphyroprason

Family:

Amaryllidaceae

Subfamily:

Allioideae

Tribe:

Allieae

Nomen number:

2336

Place of publication:

Verz. Pfl. Casp. Meer. 37. 1831

Verified:

01/12/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Allium ostrowskianum Regel

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Reference(s)

Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Inst. Bot. V. L. Komarova, Acad. Sci. URSS. Plantae asiae centralis. 1963-
Khassanov, F. O. A revision of the genus Allium L. in the flora of Uzbekistan. The genus Allium - taxonomic problems and genetic resources. Proceedings of an international symposium held at Gatersleben, Germany, June 11-13, 1991. 1992 158.
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
Nayar, N. M. et al. Alliums in South Asia: importance, ethnobotanical uses, genetic resources, enumeration of species and distribution. The genus Allium - taxonomic problems and genetic resources. Proceedings of an international symposium held at Gatersleben, Germany, June 11-13, 1991. 1992 210.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
Stearn, W. T. 1944. Notes on the genus Allium in the Old World. Herbertia 11:11-34.
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-

Common names

French
ail décoratif –
German
Rosenzwerglauch –
Swedish
berglök –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation	Dagestan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kazakhstan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kyrgyzstan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Tajikistan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Uzbekistan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Afghanistan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan
2	Cultivated

Native
Asia-Temperate

CAUCASUS: Russian Federation [Dagestan]
MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Turkey

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=2336. Accessed 15 December 2025.