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Allium ampeloprasum L. Allium cepa L. Allium denudatum Redouté Allium oleraceum L. Allium sativum L.Allium schoenoprasum L.Allium scorodoprasum L.Allium siculum UcriaAllium sphaerocephalon L.Allium ursinum L., Allium victorialis L. and Allium vineale L. Amaryllidaceae

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Allium ampeloprasum L.: Allium adscendens Kunth; Allium albescens Guss.; Allium ampeloprasum f. holmense (Asch. & Graebn.) Holmboe; Allium ampeloprasum subsp. euampeloprasum Hayek; Allium ampeloprasum subsp. halleri Nyman; Allium ampeloprasum subsp. leucanthum (K.Koch) K.Richt.; Allium ampeloprasum subsp. polyanthum (Schult. & Schult.f.) O.Bolòs, Vigo, Masalles & Nino; Allium ampeloprasum subsp. porrum (L.) Hayek; Allium ampeloprasum subsp. thessalum (Boiss.) Nyman; Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii (Borrer) Syme; Allium ampeloprasum var. bertolonii (De Not.) Nyman; Allium ampeloprasum var. bulbiferum Syme; Allium ampeloprasum var. bulgaricum Podp.; Allium ampeloprasum var. caudatum Pamp.; Allium ampeloprasum var. gasparrinii (Guss.) Nyman; Allium ampeloprasum var. gracile Cavara; Allium ampeloprasum var. holmense Asch. & Graebn.; Allium ampeloprasum var. leucanthum (K.Koch) Ledeb.; Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum (L.) J.Gay; Allium ampeloprasum var. pylium (De Not.) Asch. & Graebn.; Allium ampeloprasum var. wiedemannii Regel; Allium ascendens Ten.; Allium babingtonii Borrer; Allium bertoloni De Not.; Allium byzantinum K.Koch; Allium duriaeanum Regel; Allium durieuanum Walp.; Allium firmotunicatum var. album Grossh.; Allium gasparrinii Guss.; Allium halleri Bab.; Allium halleri G.Don; Allium holmense Mill. ex Kunth; Allium kurrat Schweinf. ex K.Krause; Allium laetum Salisb.; Allium leucanthum K.Koch; Allium leucanthum var. tridentatum Ogan.; Allium lineare Mill.; Allium multiflorum DC.; Allium polyanthum Schult. & Schult.f.; Allium porraceum Gray; Allium porrum L.; Allium porrum subsp. euampeloprasum Breistr.; Allium porrum subsp. polyanthum (Schult. & Schult.f.) Jauzein & J.-M.Tison; Allium porrum var. ampeloprasum (L.) Mirb.; Allium porrum var. kurrat (Schweinf. ex K.Krause) Seregin; Allium pylium De Not.; Allium rotundum var. multiflorum Nyman; Allium rotundum var. polyanthum (Schult. & Schult.f.) Asch. & Graebn.; Allium scopulicola Font Quer; Allium scorodoprasum subsp. babingtonii (Borrer) Nyman; Allium spectabile De Not.; Allium syriacum Boiss.; Allium thessalum Boiss.; Porrum amethystinum Rchb.; Porrum ampeloprasum (L.) Mill.; Porrum commune Rchb.; Porrum sativum Mill.

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