Allium porrum (leek)
Identity
- Preferred Scientific Name
- Allium porrum Lambinon et al., 1998
- Preferred Common Name
- leek
- Other Scientific Names
- Allium ampeloprasum Hanelt, 1990; Hanelt, 1996
- Allium ampeloprasum var. (spp.) porrum Smith & Crowther, 1995; Khazanehdari & Jones, 1997
- International Common Names
- Englishcommon leek
- Spanishporropuerro
- Frenchpoireauporreau
- Portuguesealho-porro
- Local Common Names
- GermanyBreitlauchPorree
- Italyporro
- Netherlandsprei
- Swedenpurjo
- EPPO code
- ALLPO (Allium porrum)
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Field crop
Allium porrum (leek); cultivation in Belgium.
©Bart De Clercq/Ghent University, Belgium
Field crop
Allium porrum (leek); cultivation in Belgium.
©Bart De Clercq/Ghent University, Belgium
Flower stem
Allium porrum (leek); developing flower stem.
©Sabien Pollet/POVLT, Belgium
Flowering head
Allium porrum (leek); flowering head.
©Sabien Pollet/POVLT, Belgium
Seeds
Allium porrum (leek); coated leek seeds.
©Ellen Pauwelyn/Ghent University, Belgium
Harvested crop
Allium porrum (leek); harvested leeks.
©Sabien Pollet/POVLT, Belgium
Allium porrum
Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
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Published online: 10 December 2019
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