Allium macrochaetum

Allium macrochaetum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. macrochaetum
Binomial name
Allium macrochaetum
Synonyms[1]

Allium laeve Wendelbo & Bothmer

Allium macrochaetum, the Kaya garlic, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae.[2][3] It is native to central Anatolia, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and northwestern Iran.[1] It is edible and is used medicinally by local peoples.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Allium macrochaetum Boiss. & Hausskn". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  2. ^ Öcal, Atilla; Beşirli, Gülay; Evlice, Emre; Yavuzaslanoğlu, Elif; Elekcioğlu, İbrahim Halil (2023). "Resistance of some Turkish garlic genotypes and landraces against stem and bulb nematode, Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kühn, 1857) Filipjev, 1936 (Rhabditida: Anguinidae)". Turkish Journal of Entomology. 47: 111–119. doi:10.16970/entoted.1210028. hdl:11492/7290.
  3. ^ Özhatay, N.; Mathew, B. (1995). "New Taxa and Notes on the Genus Allium (Alliaceae) in Turkey and Arabia". Kew Bulletin. 50 (4): 723–731. Bibcode:1995KewBu..50..723O. doi:10.2307/4110233. JSTOR 4110233.
  4. ^ Demirci Kayiran, Serpil; Eroglu Ozkan, Esra; Mataraci Kara, Emel; Yilmaz, Mustafa Abdullah; Zengin, Gokhan; Boga, Mehmet (2019). "Comprehensive analysis of an uninvestigated wild edible medicinal garlic species from Turkey: Allium macrochaetum Boiss. & Hausskn". Journal of Food Biochemistry. 43 (7). doi:10.1111/jfbc.12928. PMID 31353714.