''Allium litardierei'' is a
North Africa
North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...
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* any uncultivated species in the genus ''Allium'', especially:
**''Allium bisceptrum''
** ''Allium canadense''
** ''Allium tricoccum''
** ''Allium validum''
** ''Allium vineale''
* ''Asphodelus tenuifolius''
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Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
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The oldest name applied to the taxon is the 1924 moniker ''Allium paniculatum'' subsp. ''breviscapum''
Litard. & Maire. Elevating the epithet ''breviscapum'' to species level is prevented by the existence of the 1885 name ''Allium breviscapum''
Stapf, hence the need for a new name, ''Allium litardierei''
J.-M.Tison in 2010.
[Tison, J.-M. 2010. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord 1: 403]
References
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Onions
Flora of North Africa
Plants described in 1924