Allium schoenoprasum var. tangoense (Amaryllidaceae), a New Variety from Kyoto Pref., Japan

Abstract

A new variety of Allium schoenoprasum L. (Amaryllidaceae), var. tangoense G. Ito, Fuse & M. N.Tamura, is described based on specimens collected on Kyogamisaki Cape, Kyotango-shi, Kyoto Pref., western Japan. Allium schoenoprasum var. tangoense is similar to A. schoenoprasum var. orientale, but differs from it in having a fresh, white tunic covering an ovoid bulb and pale purplish pink tepals. Further, the flowering period of var. tangoense is about two or three weeks later than that of var. orientale around the native habitats of var. tangoense.