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								World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
 
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                            | Name: | 
                            
				Allium nigrum L.
				
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                            | Nomencl. ref.: | 
                            Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 430. 1762 | 
                          
						  
                          
                            | Nomencl. status: | 
                            nom. cons. | 
                          
						  
                          
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                            Species | 
                          
                          
                            | Status: | 
                            
				
					
                              	
                              	
					ACCEPTED
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		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | 
		Regnum - Plantae 
				    
				Divisio - Tracheophyta 
				    
				    
				Subdivisio - Spermatophytina 
				    
				    
				    
				Class - Magnoliopsida 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Superordo - Lilianae 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Ordo - Asparagales 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Familia - Amaryllidaceae 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Genus - Allium L. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				
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                              		Homotypic synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Kalabotis nigrum (L.) Raf. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Molium nigrum (L.) Haw. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                              		Heterotypic synonyms:
                              		
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                            	Allium afrum (Zucc.) Kunth | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Allium bauerianum Baker | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Allium littoreum G. Don, nom. illeg. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Allium magicum L., nom. rej. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Allium monspessulanum Gouan | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Allium multibulbosum Jacq. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Allium nigrum Sm., nom. illeg. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Allium odorum Ten., nom. illeg. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Allium paniculatum Viv., nom. illeg. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Allium paucibulbosum (Haw.) Steud. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Allium speciosum Cirillo | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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								Canidia magica (L.) Salisb., des. inval. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Molium paucibulbosum Haw. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Moly speciosum (Cirillo) Moench | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Ophioscorodon magicum (L.) Wallr. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Ornithogalum afrum Zucc. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Panstenum monspessulanum (Gouan) Raf. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Allium nigrum subsp. multibulbosum (Jacq.) Holmboe | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Allium cyrilli var. magicum (L.) Nyman | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Allium nigrum f. album Maire | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Allium nigrum f. roseum Maire | 
							
                          
                          
 
						  
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		| Common names: | 
		
				ajo de España (Spanish, Castillian), ajo pinto (Spanish, Castillian), ajo porro (Spanish, Castillian), ajo silvestre (Spanish, Castillian), ajo-lirio (Spanish, Castillian), alho mágico de Lisboa (Portuguese), alho-mágico (Portuguese), suspiros de España (Spanish, Castillian)[Credits] | 
			
	
	
		| Maps: | 
		
				distribution | 
			
	
	
		| Occurrence: | 
		
       			  AE(G) Ag Al Bl Bu Co Cr Cy Ga †Ge Gr Hs IJ It Ju Li LS Lu Ma Sa Si Tn Tu(A E) [Ca] |