Allium ampeloprasum 1992231 224534486 2008-07-09T08:19:37Z QualiaBot 4198854 robot Adding: [[hsb:Tołsty kobołk]] {{Taxobox | name = Wild Leek | image = Allium ampeloprasum.JPG | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Liliopsida]] | ordo = [[Asparagales]] | familia = [[Alliaceae]] | genus = ''[[Allium]]'' | species = ''ampeloprasum'' | binomial = ''Allium ampeloprasum'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] ''}} '''''Allium ampeloprasum''''' is a member of the [[onion]] genus ''[[Allium]]'', in the family [[Alliaceae]]. The wild plant is commonly known as (Broadleaf) Wild Leek - not to be confused with the N. American ''[[Allium tricoccum]]'' of the same name. Its native range is S. Europe to W. Asia, and seems to have been introduced to Britain by prehistoric people, where its habitat consists of rocky places near the coast in south-west England and Wales.<ref>[[Plants for a Future]]: [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Allium+ampeloprasum ''Allium ampeloprasum'']</ref> <ref>CHRISTOPHER D. PRESTON, DAVID A. PEARMAN, ALLAN R. HALL (2004) Archaeophytes in Britain Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3), 257–294 doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00284.x, p. 264</ref> It has been differentiated into three different cultivated vegetables, namely [[leek (vegetable)|leek]], [[elephant garlic]] and [[kurrat]]. == Synonym == ''Allium porrum'' L. == Vernacular names == ''Allium ampeloprasum'' comprises several vegetables, of which the most important ones are known as * leek (English), poireau (French), alho porro (Portuguese); * great-headed garlic, elephant garlic (English), ail à grosse tête (French); * pearl onion (English), poireau perpétuel, petit poireau antillais (French), alho bravo, alho inglês (Portuguese; * kurrat (English, French).<ref name="prota">Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (2004) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen; Backhuys, Leiden; CTA, Wageningen.</ref> <gallery> Image:Elephant Garlic (Allium ampeloprasum).jpg|Just beginning to flower Image:Elephant Garlic (Allium ampeloprasum) 2.jpg|Fully flowered </gallery> == See also == *[[Wild leek]] *[[Ramsons]] == References == <references/> ==External links== *[http://database.prota.org/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=QBE_QUERY&BU=http%3A%2F%2Fdatabase.prota.org%2Fsearch.htm&TN=PROTAB~1&QB0=AND&QF0=Species+Code&QI0=Allium+ampeloprasum&RF=Webdisplay PROTAbase on ''Allium ampeloprasum''] *[http://guernsey.net/~cdavid/botany/files/allium%20ampeloprasum/index.html ''Allium ampeloprasum'' in Guernsey] *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALAM ''Allium ampeloprasum'' in the USA] *[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Allium+ampeloprasum Plants For a Future database] [[Category:Allium]] [[co:Allium ampeloprasum]] [[cy:Cennin gwyllt]] [[de:Ackerlauch]] [[fr:Poireau d'été]] [[hsb:Tołsty kobołk]] [[he:שום גבוה]] [[pt:Alho-porro-bravo]]