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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. hypsistum |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium hypsistum Stearn | |
Allium hypsistum is a Nepalese species of wild onion in the Amaryllis family.
Allium hypsistum is one of two species referred to as jimbu in Nepal, used in Nepalese cuisine. The other is Allium przewalskianum.
References
- Stearn, William Thomas 1960. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany 2: 188
- Tropicos, Allium hypsistum Stearn
- Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Nepal, Ram Chandra (2006), Status, Use and Management of Jimbu (Allium spp): A case study from Upper Mustang, Nepal (PDF), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (MSc thesis), archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24, retrieved 2012-01-05; abstract Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
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| Allium hypsistum | |
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