Allium macrochaetum

Allium macrochaetum
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Allium laeve Wendelbo & Bothmer

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

References

  1. 1 2 "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.