Allium brevipedicellatum (Amaryllidaceae), a new species from the Helan Mountains in China Author Yang, Bo College of Forestry and Prataculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China & Ningxia Grassland and Animal Husbandry Engineering Technology Research Center, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China Author Wang, Wenqiang College of Forestry and Prataculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China & Ningxia Grassland and Animal Husbandry Engineering Technology Research Center, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China Author Dai, Rui 0009-0003-0681-3563 Inner Mongolia Helan Mountain National Nature Protection Bureau, Alxa 750300, China 80567913@qq.com Author Xu, Hao 0009-0008-7586-9241 Inner Mongolia Helan Mountain National Nature Protection Bureau, Alxa 750300, China 417204427@qq.com Author Hao, Shuxiang 0009-0000-5974-5371 Inner Mongolia Helan Mountain National Nature Protection Bureau, Alxa 750300, China zqynhsx@163.com Author Fan, Yuke College of Forestry and Prataculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China & Ningxia Grassland and Animal Husbandry Engineering Technology Research Center, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China Author Liang, Yongliang 0009-0001-6451-740X Helan Mountain National Nature Reserve of Ningxia, Yinchuan 750021, Ningxia, China lyongliangl@163.com Author Li, Xiaowei College of Forestry and Prataculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China & Ningxia Grassland and Animal Husbandry Engineering Technology Research Center, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China text Phytotaxa 2025 2025-12-03 732 1 91 98 https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.732.1.9 journal article 314388 10.11646/phytotaxa.732.1.9 381e947a-c95b-43a9-b1b1-68ecba669214 1179-3163 18423282

TABLE 2. Morphological comparison of A. brevipedicellatum and its related species (A. bidentatum and A. tenuissimum).

Morphological characters	A. brevipedicellatum	A. bidentatum	A. tenuissimum
Rhizome	With horizontal rhizomes.	Absent.	Absent.
Bulb Tunics	Thin, yellowish-brown.	Brown to gray-brown, thinly leathery.	Purplish-brown, black-brown to gray-black, membranous.
Leaves	Up to10 cm long, 0.5–1 mm wide; narrowly linear, semicylindrical; grooved adaxially, solid, shorter than scape.	5–15cm long, 1–1.5 mm wide; semicylindrical; shorter than scape (often 1/2 scape length).	10–35cm long, 0.3–1 mm wide; semicylindrical to nearly cylindrical; nearly equal to scape.
Pedicels	Nearly equal in length, very short to subsessile, 1–2 mm long.	Nearly equal in length, almost as long as tepals (4–4.5 mm), rarely 1.5 times longer.	Nearly equal in length, 5–15 mm long, slightly elongated in fruit.
Perianth Color	Purplish-red.	Red to pale purplish-red.	White or pale red, rarely purplishred.
Filaments	Subequal, slightly shorter than tepals.	Equal, slightly shorter than tepals.	Equal, about 2/3 the length of tepals.
Ovary/Style	Ovary subglobose, style longer than ovary.	Ovary ovoid, style longer than ovary.	Ovary ovoid, style equal to ovary.