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IUCN Red List DD - Data Deficient LC - Least Concern LR/lc - Least Concern NT - Near Threatened LR/nt - Near Threatened LR/cd - Conservation Dependent VU - Vulnerable EN - Endangered CR - Critically Endangered EW - Extinct in the Wild EX - Extinct

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Allium ampeloprasum L.

Broadleaf wild leek

Amaryllidaceae 4,709 4,098 Observations

Allium cepa L.

Onion

Amaryllidaceae 2,153 1,848 Observations

Allium fistulosum L.

Welsh onion

Amaryllidaceae 573 494 Observations

Allium sativum L.

Garlic

Amaryllidaceae 1,041 873 Observations

Allium schoenoprasum L.

Chives

Amaryllidaceae 4,012 3,376 Observations

Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng.

Garlic chives

Amaryllidaceae 1,152 948 Observations

Crinum asiaticum L.

Mangrove lily

Amaryllidaceae 1,324 1,055 Observations

Crinum latifolium L.

Pink stripped trumpet lily

Amaryllidaceae 41 26 Observations

Crinum zeylanicum (L.) L.

Ceylon swamplily

Amaryllidaceae 13 8 Observations

Hymenocallis littoralis (Jacq.) Salisb.

Beach spiderlily

Amaryllidaceae 1,481 1,235 Observations