- Allium ampeloprasum
Taxobox
name = Wild Leek
image_width = 250px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Liliopsida
ordo =Asparagales
familia =Alliaceae
genus = "Allium "
species = "ampeloprasum"
binomial = "Allium ampeloprasum"
binomial_authority = L.""Allium ampeloprasum" is a member of the
onion genus "Allium ", in the familyAlliaceae . The wild plant is commonly known as (Broadleaf) Wild Leek - not to be confused with the N. American "Allium tricoccum " of the same name. Its native range is S. Europe to W. Asia, and seems to have been introduced to Britain by prehistoric people, where its habitat consists of rocky places near the coast in south-west England and Wales. [Plants for a Future : [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Allium+ampeloprasum "Allium ampeloprasum"] ] [CHRISTOPHER D. PRESTON, DAVID A. PEARMAN, ALLAN R. HALL (2004) Archaeophytes in BritainBotanical Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3), 257–294 doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00284.x, p. 264] It has been differentiated into three different cultivated vegetables, namely leek,elephant garlic andkurrat .Synonym
"Allium porrum" L.
Vernacular names
"Allium ampeloprasum" comprises several vegetables, of which the most important ones are known as
* leek (English), poireau (French), alho porro (Portuguese);
* great-headed garlic, elephant garlic (English), ail à grosse tête (French);
* pearl onion (English), poireau perpétuel, petit poireau antillais (French), alho bravo, alho inglês (Portuguese;
* kurrat (English, French).Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (2004) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen; Backhuys, Leiden; CTA, Wageningen.]See also
*
Wild leek
*Ramsons References
External links
* [http://database.prota.org/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=QBE_QUERY&BU=http%3A%2F%2Fdatabase.prota.org%2Fsearch.htm&TN=PROTAB~1&QB0=AND&QF0=Species+Code&QI0=Allium+ampeloprasum&RF=Webdisplay PROTAbase on "Allium ampeloprasum"]
* [http://guernsey.net/~cdavid/botany/files/allium%20ampeloprasum/index.html "Allium ampeloprasum" in Guernsey]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALAM "Allium ampeloprasum" in the USA]
* [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Allium+ampeloprasum Plants For a Future database]
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