Taxon:  Allium tuncelianum (Kollmann) Özhatay et al.



Summary
Genus:
Allium
Subgenus:
Allium
Section:
Allium
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:
Allioideae
Tribe:
Allieae
Nomen number:
459426
Place of publication:
Kew Bull. 50:723.  1995
Verified:
06/24/2009 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
Basionym
Allium macrochaetum Boiss. & Hausskn. subsp. tuncelianum Kollmann

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkeyErzincan Hirschegger, P. et al. 2010. Origins of Allium ampeloprasum horticultural groups and a molecular phylogeny of the section Allium (Allium: Alliaceae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 54:488-497. Note: analysis of both plastid and nuclear markers resolved different Allium ampeloprasum polyploids in a well-supported but polytomic cluster, and providing a re-evaluation of horticultural groups; Allium tuncelianum grouped in a clade that also included A. sativum based on cpDNA data; however, there was not evidence to support A. tuncelianum as the "immediate progenitor of garlic"
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkeySivas Hirschegger, P. et al. 2010. Origins of Allium ampeloprasum horticultural groups and a molecular phylogeny of the section Allium (Allium: Alliaceae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 54:488-497. Note: analysis of both plastid and nuclear markers resolved different Allium ampeloprasum polyploids in a well-supported but polytomic cluster, and providing a re-evaluation of horticultural groups; Allium tuncelianum grouped in a clade that also included A. sativum based on cpDNA data; however, there was not evidence to support A. tuncelianum as the "immediate progenitor of garlic"
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkeyTunceli Hirschegger, P. et al. 2010. Origins of Allium ampeloprasum horticultural groups and a molecular phylogeny of the section Allium (Allium: Alliaceae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 54:488-497. Note: analysis of both plastid and nuclear markers resolved different Allium ampeloprasum polyploids in a well-supported but polytomic cluster, and providing a re-evaluation of horticultural groups; Allium tuncelianum grouped in a clade that also included A. sativum based on cpDNA data; however, there was not evidence to support A. tuncelianum as the "immediate progenitor of garlic"
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey [Sivas, Tunceli, Erzincan]

Reference(s)
  1. Hirschegger, P. et al. 2010. Origins of Allium ampeloprasum horticultural groups and a molecular phylogeny of the section Allium (Allium: Alliaceae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 54:488-497. Note: analysis of both plastid and nuclear markers resolved different Allium ampeloprasum polyploids in a well-supported but polytomic cluster, and providing a re-evaluation of horticultural groups; Allium tuncelianum grouped in a clade that also included A. sativum based on cpDNA data; however, there was not evidence to support A. tuncelianum as the "immediate progenitor of garlic"
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grin-global.warwick.ac.uk/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=459426. Accessed 16 May 2026.