In preparing the account of Allium L. for the Flora of China, Volume 24, tw
o new combinations are made in order to recognize entities at varietal rank
within the complex of A. atosanguineum Schrenk: A. atrosanguineum var. fed
schenkoanum (Regel) G. Zhu & Turland and A. atrosanguineum var. tibeticum (
Regel) G. Zhu & Turland. Lectotypes are herein designated for both names. T
he priority of A. astrosanguineum over A. monadelphum Turczaninow ex Kareli
n & Kirilov (published in the same year) is explained.