TABLE 1 in Allium zhouquense (Amaryllidaceae) - a new species from Gansu, China

TABLE 1. Diagnostic morphological characters of A. zhouquense, A. plurifoliatum and A. paepalanthoides CharactersA. zhouquenseA. plurifoliatumA. paepalanthoidesGrowth habitsolitary, rarely pairedusually clusteredsolitaryOuter bulb tunicsgrayish brown, membranous, irregularly splittingblackish brown to yellowish brown, fibrous, sometimes subreticulateyellowish brown to blackish brown, sometimes tinged with red, papery, laciniate, sometimes subfibrous.Leaves13–16 cm long, 4–6 mm wide, margin flat, setose-ciliate15–40 cm long, 2–6 mm wide, abaxially glaucous, margin revolute, glabrous20–40 cm long, 5–15 mm wide, glabrousScapeusually 2-angled,10–15(–20) cm long.terete, 7.5–20 cm long.terete, (7.5–)15–25 cm long.Spathepersistentpersistent or deciduouspersistent or deciduousUmbelnearly hemisphericalhemisphericalhemisphericalPedicelsunequal, 6–8 times as long as perianthsubequal, 2–4 times as long as perianthsubequal, 2–4 times as long as perianthPerianth and Segmentpurple to dark purple; segments elliptic-oblongpale red or pale purple to purple; segments ovate, boat-shaped or ovate-oblongwhite, segments ovate, boat-shaped or ovate-oblongFilamentsouter ones with a broadened base and the top 2 shallow crack; inner ones with 1-toothed on each side at baseouter ones subulate; inner ones subulate and entire at base or broadened and 1-toothed on each side at baseouter ones subulate; inner ones broadened at base, 1-toothed on each side