About 660 species: N hemisphere, mainly in Asia, some species in Africa and Central and South America; 138 species (50 endemic, fiveintroduced) in <strong>China</strong>.Most Eurasian species have the base chromosome number x = 8, whereas North American species predominantly have x = 7. Nearly all specieswith x = 10 and 11 occur in SW <strong>China</strong>.Most species of Allium are edible, and some have long been cultivated in <strong>China</strong> and elsewhere, e.g., A. cepa, A. chinense, A. fistulosum, A.porrum, A. sativum, and A. tuberosum.1a. Leaves 1–3, linear to orbicular-ovate, base usually narrowed into a petiole; ovary base often constricted into a shortstipe; ovules 1 per locule.2a. Leaf 1, long petiolate, ovate to broadly elliptic-ovate, base cordate .................................................................. 4. A. funckiifolium2b. Leaves 2 or 3.3a. Outer perianth segments narrower than inner ones.4a. Base of leaf blade cuneate, decurrent ................................................................................................................. 1. A. victorialis4b. Base of leaf blade rounded to cordate, not decurrent .............................................................................................. 2. A. listera3b. Outer perianth segments as wide as or wider than inner ones.5a. Scape shorter than leaves, 2–5 cm, covered with leaf sheaths for 3/4–4/5 its length ......................................... 5. A. nanodes5b. Scape longer than leaves, 10–60 cm, covered with leaf sheaths only at base.6a. Leaves lanceolate-oblong to ovate-oblong, base rounded to cordate, petiole distinct ................................ 3. A. ovalifolium6b. Leaves linear, linear-lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate, elliptic-oblanceolate, or rarely narrowly elliptic,base narrowed, petiole indistinct ........................................................................................................................... 6. A. prattii1b. Leaves several, lorate or linear, cross section semiterete or terete, solid or fistulose, base usually not narrowedinto a petiole; ovules 2 to several per locule; if leaf base narrowed into a petiole or ovules 1 per locule then bulbtunic never distinctly reticulate.7a. Roots thick and fleshy, sometimes subtuberous; leaves with distinct midvein; scape usually 2- or 3-angled;ovules 1 or 2 per locule.8a. Ovules 1 per locule (in A. omeiense a few ovaries in same umbel with 2 ovules per locule).9a. Umbel laxly fascicled, few flowered; pedicels unequal; style much shorter than ovary; stigma 3-cleft .... 16. A. trifurcatum9b. Umbel hemispheric to globose, many flowered; pedicels equal; style equaling or longer than ovary;stigma entire, punctiform.10a. Scape terminal ........................................................................................................................................ 7. A. guanxianense10b. Scape lateral.11a. Leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, distinctly contracted at base; filaments longer than perianthsegments .......................................................................................................................................... 8. A. xiangchengense11b. Leaves linear or lorate to lorate-oblanceolate, not contracted at base; filaments shorter than tosubequaling perianth segments.12a. Perianth segments 4–7.5 mm, free; filaments slightly shorter than to subequaling perianthsegments ..................................................................................................................................................... 9. A. hookeri12b. Perianth segments 9–11 mm, connate at base into a tube ca. 1 mm; filaments ca. 1/2 as long asperianth segments ................................................................................................................................. 10. A. omeiense8b. Ovules 2 per locule.13a. Perianth yellow, segments united for ca. 1 mm at base ...................................................................... 11. A. chienchuanense13b. Perianth white, red, purple-red, or dark purple, segments free.14a. Filaments connate into a tube for 2/3–3/4 their length ...................................................................... 15. A. cyathophorum14b. Filaments connate only at base.15a. Perianth white, segments lanceolate, apex acuminate or irregularly 2-lobed ................................... 12. A. fasciculatum15b. Perianth red, purple-red, or dark purple, rarely whitish, segments oblong, narrowly so, or ovateoblong,apex retuse, truncate, or obtuse.16a. Perianth stellately spreading, reflexed after anthesis, inner and outer segments similar; pedicelsstraight .................................................................................................................................................... 13. A. wallichii16b. Perianth campanulate, not reflexed after anthesis, inner segments somewhat longer and narrowerthan outer ones; pedicels nodding at apex ...................................................................................... 14. A. macranthum7b. Roots thin; leaves without distinct midvein; scape terete or several angled; ovules 2 to several per locule.17a. Bulb usually solitary, globose, ovoid-globose, or ovoid (if cylindric to ovoid-cylindric, then leavesthick, terete, and fistulose); rhizomes obscure.18a. Leaves usually thick, terete, fistulose, smooth.19a. Bulb flattened globose, globose, or ovoid-globose, rarely cylindric with thickened base; base of innerfilaments 1-toothed on each side (if entire, then scape often undeveloped).20a. Scape solid ........................................................................................................................................... 100. A. galanthum20b. Scape fistulose.
21a. Scape developed; plants propagated by seeds or bulblets ........................................................................... 98. A. cepa21b. Scape usually undeveloped; plants propagated by bulbs.22a. Bulb ovoid-globose to ovoid ............................................................................................................ 99. A. cepiforme22b. Bulb narrowly ovoid or cylindric-ovoid .................................................................................................. 98. A. cepa19b. Bulb cylindric to ovoid-cylindric; filaments entire.23a. Filaments shorter than perianth segments, connate into a tube for 1/3–3/4 their length .......... 102. A. atrosanguineum23b. Filaments shorter or longer than perianth segments, connate only at base.24a. Perianth pale red, pale purple, or purple-red.25a. Pedicels unequal, shorter than to nearly as long as perianth; filaments 1/3–1/2(–2/3) aslong as perianth segments ..................................................................................................... 103. A. schoenoprasum25b. Pedicels subequal, 1.5–3 × as long as perianth; filaments slightly shorter than to longerthan perianth segments.26a. Perianth rose pink or dark pink; filaments slightly shorter than to equaling perianthsegments ............................................................................................................................... 105. A. maximowiczii26b. Perianth pale purple; filaments longer than perianth segments ......................................... 106. A. ledebourianum24b. Perianth yellow to white.27a. Leaves and scape ± thin, to 5 mm thick; perianth yellow or pale yellow .................................. 95. A. chrysanthum27b. Leaves and scape robust, more than 5 mm thick; perianth white or yellowish white.28a. Bulb ovoid-cylindric, robust, tunic red-brown, thinly leathery; perianth yellowish white;pedicels slightly shorter than to 2 × as long as perianth ................................................................. 96. A. altaicum28b. Bulb cylindric, tunic usually white, rarely light red-brown, membranous; perianth white;pedicels 2–3 × as long as perianth ............................................................................................... 97. A. fistulosum18b. Leaves slender, flat, triangular-flat, semiterete, or rarely terete, fistulose.29a. Ovules 4 or more per locule.30a. Perianth segments united into a tube proximally.31a. Scape (15–)20–50 cm; pedicels (4.5–)7–11 cm; perianth segments 7–10 mm; ovules(5 or)6(–8) per locule .................................................................................................................... 137. A. neriniflorum31b. Scape 15–30(–40) cm; pedicels 0.8–4(–7) cm; perianth segments 5–7(–8) mm; ovules(3 or)4 per locule, rarely 1 or 2 locules with 5 or 6 ovules.32a. Perianth red to purple .................................................................................................................... 135. A. tubiflorum32b. Perianth white ...................................................................................................................................... 136. A. inutile30b. Perianth segments free.33a. Filaments connate and adnate to perianth segments for 1/2–2/3 their length.34a. Leaves linear, 4–6(–8) mm wide; perianth cupular, segments broadly elliptic, 8–11 ×4–4.5 mm ..................................................................................................................................... 129. A. oreophilum34b. Leaves broadly linear, (5–)10–25 mm wide; perianth narrowly campanulate, segmentslinear-oblong, 7–10(–15) × 2.5–3 mm .................................................................................... 134. A. winklerianum33b. Filaments connate and adnate to perianth segments only at base.35a. Leaves 1(or 2); perianth segments 6–6.5 mm, without strong midvein; ovary stipitate ................. 133. A. fetisowii35b. Leaves (1 or)2 or 3; perianth segments 4.5–5.5 mm, with strong midvein; ovary sessile.36a. Perianth red to purple-red ........................................................................................................... 132. A. robustum36b. Perianth white or whitish lilac to lilac-pink.37a. Leaves 1–1.5(–2) cm wide, apex gradually attenuate .......................................................... 130. A. tulipifolium37b. Leaves 0.7–1.5 cm wide, apex acute ........................................................................... 131. A. roborowskianum29b. Ovules 2 per locule.38a. Inner filaments 1-toothed on each side at base, apex of tooth long filiform and longer thananther-bearing cusp of filament.39a. Umbel with flowers only; filaments longer than perianth segments .................................................... 127. A. porrum39b. Umbel with both flowers and bulblets; filaments shorter than perianth segments .............................. 128. A. sativum38b. Inner filaments entire or, if 1-toothed on each side, apex of tooth not filiform and never longer thananther-bearing cusp of filament.40a. Perianth blue, usually becoming bluish purple when dried.41a. Leaves flat, abaxially 1-angled, usually twisted when dried ........................................................ 122. A. caeruleum41b. Leaves semiterete, not twisted when dried ...................................................................................... 123. A. caesium40b. Perianth white, pale red, red, purple-red, purple, or pale green.42a. Filaments not more than 2/3 as long as perianth segments.43a. Pedicels ca. 3 × as long as perianth ........................................................................................ 126. A. jacquemontii43b. Pedicels shorter than or subequaling perianth.
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ciflorus and S. spicatus Klotzsch);
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pendulous .........................
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Helonias umbellata (Baker) N. Tanak
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6-11 cm, adaxially sometimes with p
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小 重 楼 xiao chong louPlants 7-
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14b. Paris thibetica var. apetala H
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slightly convex connective apically
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when dried, not wrinkled adaxially
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80b. Flowers much smaller, tepals 2
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8. Smilax davidiana A. de Candolle
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present. Leaf blade abaxially sligh
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This species was misidentified in F
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slightly shorter than petiole; umbe
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马 甲 菝 葜 ma jia ba qiaVines
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Vines climbing, usually unarmed. St
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70. Smilax bauhinioides Kunth, Enum
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fr. Sep-Nov.Forests, bamboo forests
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nate at base, outer ones broadly ov
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5-12(-17)-flowered; peduncle 3-5 cm
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Himal. Mts. 1: 380. 1839.对 叶
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mm. Perianth pale yellow, cylindric
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nan [Laos, Thailand, Vietnam].2. Di
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Convallaria keiskei Miquel; C. keis
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margin, free part very short. Ovary
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sometimes greenish, ovate to lanceo
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Liang Songyun ( 梁 松 筠 Liang S
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lobes with a white hollow on adaxia
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Stem 2-3 cm. Leaves 2 or 3; petiole