Allium koenigianum

(Allium koenigianum)

Description

Allium koenigianum, or Koenig's onion, is a species of onion that is endemic to the Erzurum and Çoruh regions of Turkey. The species is very rare and quite possibly extinct. It is only known from two records dating from the 1920s.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum:

Class: Liliopsida

Order:Asparagales

Family:Amaryllidaceae

Genus:Allium

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