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SUBMITTER: Sennikov AN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3689117 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sennikov Alexander N AN Lazkov Georgy A GA
PhytoKeys 20130402 21
Allium formosum Sennikov & Lazkov sp. nov. is described as new to science and illustrated. This species is the second member of Allium sect. Spathulata F.O.Khass. & R.M.Fritsch, being different from Allium spathulatum F.O.Khass. & R.M.Fritsch in larger, broader, obtuse and more intensely purple-coloured tepals, and in a more robust habit. It is a local endemic of Babash-Ata Mt. Range situated east of Fergana Valley in Kyrgyzstan, recommended for legal protection as Endangered because of the very ...[more]