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Allium neapolitanum (Naples Leek) |
Allium neapolitanum (AMARYLLIDACEAE .)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Allium neapolitanum Cirillo
Published in Pl. Rar. Neap. 1: 13 (1788) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Amaryllidaceae
Jaume St.-Hil (The Daffodil or Amaryllis Family)
27 species from the Amaryllidaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Naples Leek, White garlic | Maltese name(s) : | Kurrat ta' Napli | Status for Malta : | Species that was introduced in Malta after year 1492 and spreads to form established, non-invasive populations. It may become become invasive if it widespreads rapidly. | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare
Very Rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: GEOPHYTE (bearing underground bulbs, rhizomes, stolons, etc.)
Germination [info]: Monocotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Mar-Apr | Colour of Flowers: | White | Remarks : | One population was found in an afforested area where the bulbs of this leek was likely transferred accidentally with the trees when imported to the Maltese Islands. |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Pastures, cultivated ground and dry, open habitats |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Wasteground, abandoned cultivation, maquis |
Botanical Description: |
Bulbs 1-2 cm in diameter, subglobose; outer tunics membranous or crustaceous, not pitted. Stem 20-50 cm, triquetrous, with 2 edges slightly winged. Leaves usually 2, 8-35 x 5-20 mm, sheathing the lower 1/5-1/4 of the stem and almost basal, very narrowly lanceolate to linear, keeled beneath, glabrous, sometimes with denticulate margin. Spathe 1-valved, entire, persistent, shorter than pedicels. Umbel 5-8 cm in diameter, fastigiate or hemispherical, many-flowered; pedicels 15-35 mm. Perianth cup-shaped or stellate; segments 7-12 x 4-6 mm, white, the outer broadly elliptical, the inner elliptical, obtuse. Stamens included; filaments c. 5 mm, simple. Capsule 5 mm, enclosed within the connivent, glistening perianth-segments |
Chromosome number: |
2n=14, 21, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 |
Distributional range: |
Mediterranean region and Portugal |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
AE(G) Al Ca Co Cr Cy Eg Ga Gr Hs IJ It Ju LS Lu Md Sa Si Sn Tu(A E) [Ag Az Ca Ma Md] |
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