Baytop's Onion vs

Allium baytopiorum compared with Exobasidium splendidum

Key Differences

• Baytop's Onion is Critically Endangered while is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baytop's Onion
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)
Family	Amaryllidaceae	Exobasidiaceae
Genus	Allium	Exobasidium
Species	Allium baytopiorum	Exobasidium splendidum

Conservation Status

Baytop's Onion

CR — Critically Endangered

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baytop's Onion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Baytop's Onion

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden.

Baytop's Onion

The Baytop's Onion (Allium baytopiorum) is a species in the genus Allium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Exobasidium splendidum is a parasitic basidiomycete fungus that forms galls and hypertrophied growths on the leaves and stems of host plants in the heath family. It inhabits boreal and montane habitats where Ericaceae shrubs such as Arctostaphylos grow. This parasitic fungus deforms host plant tissue to extract nutrients during its reproductive phase.