Research Paper

Allium littoricola, a new species from Zhejiang, East China

Xiao-Wei Zhang, Wen-Yuan Xie, Xin Zhou, Xiu-Peng Li, Zi-Feng Yang, Yue-Liang Xu, Mei-Zhen Wang, Zheng-Hai Chen, Pan Li

Published on: 01 January 2026

Page: 1 - 10

DOI: 10.6165/tai.2026.71.1

Abstract

A new species of Allium L. (Amaryllidaceae) from Zhejiang, eastern China, namely A. littoricola, was described and illustrated. Morphological analysis indicates this new species is similar to A. longistylum Baker, but differs in having ovoid bulb, tunic white, light-purple, membranous, leaf blades ascending, scape lateral, hollow in cross section or solid at base, perianth segments 5–6 × 2–3 mm, inner filaments base 1-toothed at each side; low altitude and coastal hillside habitat. Molecular phylogenetic analyses also support it as a new species and suggest that it is closely related to A. longistylum Baker.

Keyword: Allium chinense, Allium longistylum, Allium sacculiferum, Allium thunbergii, phylogeny

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