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Allium ampeloprasum
(wild leek)

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Allium ampeloprasum (wild leek)

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16 November 2021

Datasheet Type(s)
Pest
Host Plant

Preferred Scientific Name
Allium ampeloprasum

Preferred Common Name
wild leek

Taxonomic Tree
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Monocotyledonae

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Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

Allium ampeloprasum

Preferred Common Name

wild leek

International Common Names

English: Levant garlic
Spanish: Puerro silvestre
French: gros Ail; Poireau d'ete
Portuguese: porros-bravos

Local Common Names

Germany: Acker- Knoblauch
Italy: Porandello; Porro selvatico
Netherlands: wilde Look
Sweden: kajpar; purjoloek, vild

EPPO code

ALLAM (Allium ampeloprasum)

Taxonomic Tree

Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Monocotyledonae
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Allium
Species: Allium ampeloprasum

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Last updated: 10 Feb 2022

Continent/Country/Region	Distribution	Last Reported	Origin	First Reported	Invasive	Reference	Notes
Africa
Zimbabwe	Present					Karavina et al. (2016)
Asia
Bhutan	Present		Introduced	1774		Seebens et al. (2017)
Iran	Present					Hassannejad et al. (2014) Shahraeen et al. (2008) Hassannejad and Ghafarbi (2013)
Israel	Present					CABI (Undated)
Japan	Present					CABI Data Mining (Undated) Misawa et al. (2020)
Turkey	Present					Santosa and Ertunç (2020)
Europe
Greece	Present					Dovas et al. (2001)
Portugal
-Madeira	Present		Introduced	1913		Seebens et al. (2017)
Serbia	Present					Vučurović et al. (2017)
Spain	Present					Fernández-Tabanera et al. (2018)
United Kingdom	Present		Introduced	1688		Seebens et al. (2017)
North America
United States	Present					Hay et al. (2018)
-New York	Present					Hay et al. (2018)
Oceania
Australia	Present		Introduced	1963		Seebens et al. (2017) Noble et al. (2006)

References

Hassannejad, S., Ghafarbi, S. P., 2013. Weed flora survey of Tabriz wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) fields. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES), 3(9), 118-132. http://www.innspub.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/JBES-Vol3No9-p118-132.pdf

Hassannejad, S., Ghafarbi, S. P., Abbasvand, E., Ghisvandi, B., 2014. Quantifying the effects of altitude and soil texture on weed species distribution in wheat fields of Tabriz, Iran. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES), 5(1), 590-596. http://www.innspub.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/JBES-Vol5No1-p590-596.pdf

Distribution References

CABI Data Mining, Undated. CAB Abstracts Data Mining.,

CABI, Undated. CABI Compendium: Status as determined by CABI editor. Wallingford, UK: CABI

Dovas C I, Hatziloukas E, Salomon R, Barg E, Shiboleth Y, Katis N I, 2001. Incidence of viruses infecting Allium spp. in Greece. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 107 (7), 677-684. DOI:10.1023/A:1011958914573

Fernández-Tabanera E, Fraile A, Lunello P, García-Arenal F, Ayllón M A, 2018. First report of Onion yellow dwarf virus in leek (Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum) in Spain. Plant Disease. 102 (1), 256. http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/loi/pdis DOI:10.1094/PDIS-06-17-0892-PDN

Hassannejad S, Ghafarbi S P, 2013. Weed flora survey of Tabriz wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) fields. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES). 3 (9), 118-132. http://www.innspub.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/JBES-Vol3No9-p118-132.pdf

Hassannejad S, Ghafarbi S P, Abbasvand E, Ghisvandi B, 2014. Quantifying the effects of altitude and soil texture on weed species distribution in wheat fields of Tabriz, Iran. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES). 5 (1), 590-596. http://www.innspub.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/JBES-Vol5No1-p590-596.pdf

Hay F, Vaghefi N, Strickland D, Hadad R, Pethybridge S, 2018. First report of Colletotrichum fioriniae causing anthracnose of elephant garlic (Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum) in New York, USA. New Disease Reports. 1. https://www.ndrs.org.uk/article.php?id=038001#

Karavina C, Ibaba J D, Gubba A, Pappu H R, 2016. First report of Iris yellow spot virus infecting garlic and leek in Zimbabwe. Plant Disease. 100 (3), 657. http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/loi/pdis DOI:10.1094/PDIS-09-15-1022-PDN

Misawa T, Ueno R, Kurose D, Nakahara K S, 2020. First report of Botrytis porri causing Botrytis leaf blight on leek in Japan. New Disease Reports. DOI:10.5197/j.2044-0588.2020.041.019

Noble D H, Cother E J, Hailstones D L, Flack M, Oxspring L, Hall B, 2006. Characterisation of Pseudomonas syringae strains associated with a leaf disease of leek in Australia. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 115 (4), 419-430. DOI:10.1007/s10658-006-9033-4

Santosa A I, Ertunç F, 2020. Serological and molecular detection of Leek yellow stripe virus infecting onion (Allium cepa L.) and leek (Allium ampeloprasum L.) in Ankara, Turkey. Bitki Koruma Bülteni. 60 (1), 49-56. DOI:10.16955/bitkorb.622150

Seebens H, Blackburn T M, Dyer E E, Genovesi P, Hulme P E, Jeschke J M, Pagad S, Pyšek P, Winter M, Arianoutsou M, Bacher S, Blasius B, Brundu G, Capinha C, Celesti-Grapow L, Dawson W, Dullinger S, Fuentes N, Jäger H, Kartesz J, Kenis M, Kreft H, Kühn I, Lenzner B, Liebhold A, Mosena A (et al), 2017. No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide. Nature Communications. 8 (2), 14435. http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14435

Shahraeen N, Lesemann D E, Ghotbi T, 2008. Survey for viruses infecting onion, garlic and leek crops in Iran. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin. 38 (1), 131-135. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2338.2008.01198.x

Vučurović I, Nikolić D, Radović N, Vučurović A, Ristić D, Krstić B, Stanković I, 2017. Incidence and distribution of Leek yellow stripe virus in Allium crops in Serbia. Pesticidi i Fitomedicina. 32 (3/4), 145-155. DOI:10.2298/pif1704145v

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