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Allium paradoxum (M. Bieb.) G. Don Allium ursinum L. Allium victorialis L. Amaryllidaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Caucasus

Part of the book series: European Ethnobotany ((EUROETH))

Synonyms

Allium paradoxum (M. Bieb.) G. Don: Scilla paradoxa M.Bieb

Allium ursinum L.: Allium latifolium Gillb

Allium victorialis L.: Allium microdictyum Prokh.; Allium ochotense Prokh.; Allium latissimum Prokh

Local Names

Armenia: Allium paradoxum: (Sokh tarorinak), (Khazez); Azerbaijan: Allium paradoxum: Xəzəz soğanı; Allium ursinum: Аyı sоğаnı; Allium victorialis: Qаlib sоğаnı; Georgia: Allium ursinum: – ghandzili, – ghanzil (Ingolian), – ghandzeli (Khevsuretian), – shishgil (Svanetian), – nikhandzil (Svanetian), – khandzili (Pshavian), – jishk’ila (Imeretian, Gurian, Megrelian). Allium victorialis: – mtis ghandzili, – basho (Mokhevian), – niorai (Mthiuletian), – shebu (Tushetian), – shibu (Pshavian), – maghdena (Svanetian), – dashden nivra (Svanetian) (Makashvili 1991); English: Wild onion.

Botany and Ecology

Allium paradoxum (M. Bieb.) G. Don

Perennial herb, bulb globose to 1 cm diameter; a notably odorous plant. Outer skin of bulb grey, papery. Flower stem triangular in section,...

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  1. Institute of Botany of National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia

    George Fayvush & Alla Aleksanyan

  2. Institute of Botany, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan

    Naiba Mehdiyeva & Valida Alizade

  3. Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Ketevan Batsatsashvili, Manana Khutsishvili, Inesa Maisaia, Shalva Sikharulidze & David Tchelidze

  4. 4-D Research Institute, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Zaal Kikvidze

  5. Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Instituto de Ecología-UMSA, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana

  6. William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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Fayvush, G. et al. (2016). Allium paradoxum (M. Bieb.) G. Don Allium ursinum L. Allium victorialis L. Amaryllidaceae. In: Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Caucasus. European Ethnobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50009-6_135-1

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