''Allium hypsistum'' is a
Nepalese
species of
wild onion Wild onion can refer to
* any uncultivated species in the genus ''Allium'', especially:
**''Allium bisceptrum''
** ''Allium canadense''
** ''Allium tricoccum''
** ''Allium validum''
** ''Allium vineale''
* ''Asphodelus tenuifolius''
* ''Cyperus bulb ...
in the
Amaryllis family
The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales. The family takes its name from the genus ''Amaryllis'' and is commonly known as the amaryllis fami ...
.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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''Allium hypsistum'' is one of two species referred to as jimbu
Jimbu is a herb belonging to the onion family, used extensively in some regions of Nepal and in some central Himalayan states of India, like Uttarakhand, where it is called Jamboo / Faran . It is composed of two species of ''Allium'', ''Allium hyps ...
in Nepal, used in Nepalese cuisine. The other is ''Allium przewalskianum
''Allium przewalskianum'' is an Asian species of ''wild onion'' in the Amaryllis family.
The species is widely distributed in mountains areas in the Himalayas (India, Nepal, Pakistan) and parts of China (Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai ...
''.
abstract
References
Nepalese cuisine
Endemic flora of Nepal
hypsistum
Plants described in 1960
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