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This list of valid Allium species is currently under construction, with names added to the list weekly as research data is entered. Anticipated completion is September 2001. An attempt is made to list all valid Allium species, and to offer suggestions regarding taxonomic standing when there are conflicting opinions. For each species listed, the following is included: author citation, species publication date, synonyms (with their own author citations), height and flower color, general distribution, habitat, major reference citation(s), links to photos (if any), and general notes. The genus "section" that each species belongs is not always included here due to inconsistencies of opinion assigning the genus subdivisions. However, this aspect might be added in later. This list should be used in conjunction with other associated lists, including: bibliography, bibliography discussion, synonyms list (alphabetical), and a list of dubious names and misnomers.

How many allium species are there? Botanical references guess at the number of species, running the gamut from 500 - 1000 species (that's quite a wide range). Numbering the species in HTML format is too difficult to manage, however when the input of species nears completion, the totals will be listed on this page.

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Species	Author	Pub. Date	Synonyms	Height	Flower Color	Reference / Comments / Links
acuminatum	Hooker	1839	acuminatum var. cuspidatum Fern. cuspidatum Rydb.	10 - 30 cm	bright pink, rose, red-purple, rarely white	Dist: Common species widespread throughout w. North America. Hab: Dry hills and plains, stony, sometimes alluvial soil, below 2000 m. Ref: Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Photo: Portrait (2 photos) Notes: Flowers May - July, can color whole hillsides when in peak bloom.
albidum	Fischer ex. Bieb.	1819	flavescens Besser ammophilum Hueffel	10 - 30 cm	white or yellowish, sometimes reddish tinged	Dist: Europe, USSR, C. Asia Hab: Steppes and sandy ground, rocky places Ref: Flora Europaea Notes: sect. Rhizirideum, cultivated, flowers July.
albidum ssp. caucasicum	(Regel) Stearn	1978	angulosum var. caucasicum Regel angularum var. caucasicum Regel	10 - 30 cm	whitish tinged pink	Dist: Caucasus, USSR, C. Asia, Turkey Hab: Hot south facing exposures of mixed limestone & granite, rocky places, 1980-2100 m. Ref: Flora Europaea, Flora of Turkey Notes: sect. Rhizirideum, cultivated, flowers July.
amplectens	Torr.	1857	attenuifolium Kell. attenuifolium var. monospermum Jeps. occidentale Gray monospermum Jepson	15 - 50 cm	white or light pink	Dist: British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California Hab: Dry slopes and fields, mostly below 2000 m. Ref: A California Flora, Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Photo: Portrait (2 photos) Notes: Flowers March - June.
atrorubens	Watson	1871		6 - 15 cm	red-purple, rarely white	Dist: California, Nevada. Hab: Dry hillsides and among sagebrush scrub, clay soils, in desert hills and mountains, 1665 - 2335 m. Ref: A California Flora Notes: Flowers May - June.
atrorubens var. cristatum	(Wats.) McNeal	1992	atrorubens ssp. inyonis (Jones)Traub atrorubens var. inyonis (Jones) Ownbey & Aase cristatum Watson decipiens Jones, not Fischer inyonis Jones nevadense var. cristatum Watson	6 - 15 cm	pale white or pink with dark pink midveins	Dist: California, Nevada. Hab: Among sagebrush scrub, 1335 - 2335 m. Ref: A California Flora, Madrono 39(2):86. 1972. Photo: Portrait Notes: Flowers May - June. From Mono and Inyo counties, California, and adjacent Nevada, the synonyms frequently misspelled "inyoensis".
bisceptrum	Watson	1871	bisceptrum var. utahense Jones	10 - 40 cm	white, pale pink, or lilac	Dist: Oregon, Idaho, California, Utah, Nevada. Hab: Meadows and aspens groves, moist banks, less frequently on open slopes, 2165 - 3165m. Ref: A California Flora, Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Photo: Portrait Notes: Flowers May - July.
bisceptrum var. palmeri	(Wats.) Cronq.	1977	palmeri Watson	10 - 20 cm rarely 30 cm	pink to purple	Dist: Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona Hab: Open slopes and pine forests, mountains from 2165 - 2500 m. Ref: Intermountain Flora Notes: Flowers May - June.
campanulatum	Watson	1879	austinae Jones acuminatum var. bidwelliae Jepson bidwelliae Watson bullardii Davidson campanulatum var. bidwelliae Jepson tenellum Davids. in part	5 - 15 cm	pale rose, pink, reddish, purplish, rarely white	Dist: Oregon, California, Nevada Hab: Open or shaded places in the mountains, dry slopes in woods, from 675 - 2835 m. Ref: A California Flora Photo: Portrait Notes: Flowers May - June.
cepa	L.	1753	ascalonicum auct non L. cepa var. sylvestre Regel cornutum Clementi (may be a bulbilliferous form of cepa)	up to 100 cm	greenish white	Dist: Cultivated, unknown in the wild state. The edible "onion" of vegetable fame. Hab: Fields Ref: Most references include this "species". Notes: sect. Cepa, possibly derived from A. oscaninii, flowers June - Aug.
cratericola	Eastw.	1934	parvum var. brucae Jones parvum var. jacintense Munz	2 - 7 cm, rarely up to 12 cm	pink to purplish, light to dark purple	Dist: California Hab: Volcanic and serpentine soils, mostly below 835 m, but found 350 - 2300 m., bare serpentine talus slopes. Ref: A California Flora, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, Taxonomy of the Allium tribracteatum (Alliaceae) complex. Photo: Portrait (2 photos) Portrait (a different form) Notes: Blooms March - May in the wild. Beautiful dwarf species.
crispum	Greene	1888	peninsulare var. crispum Jepson	10 - 30 cm	bright pink, red-purple, to orchid	Dist: California Hab: Heavy soil on rolling hills, below 835 m. Ref: A California Flora, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California Photo: Portrait (3 photos) Notes: Blooms March - May in the wild. Beautiful species.
czelghauricum	Bordz.	1912		8 -19 cm	pink or lilac	Dist: Turkey, endemic Hab: not specified Ref: Flora of Turkey Notes: sect. Rhizirideum
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