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Taxon:  Allium sativum L. var. ophioscorodon (Link) Doll



Summary
Genus:
Allium
Subgenus:
Allium
Section:
Allium
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:
Allioideae
Tribe:
Allieae
Nomen number:
101499
Place of publication:
Rhein. Fl. 197. 1843
Comment:
[or A. sativum Ophioscorodon Group]
Verified:
01/12/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Allium sativum L. (37 active accession[s])
Allium sativum L. var. sativum (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Allium ophioscorodon Link

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Reference(s)
  1. Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:10.
  2. Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987
  3. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002
  5. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 Note: = A. sativum Ophioscorodon Group
  6. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
  7. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  8. Jones, H. A. & L. K. Mann. 1963. Onions and their allies. Onions and their allies, botany, cultivation, and utilization. New York. 1963 37-38. Note: = A. sativum L.
  9. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  10. Maaß, H. I. & M. Klaas. 1995. Infraspecific differentiation of garlic (Allium sativum L.) by isozyme and RAPD markers. Theor. Appl. Genet. 91:89-97. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
  11. Mansfeld, R. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. 1959
  12. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  13. Messiaen, C.-M. et al. 1993. Les Allium alimentaires reproduits par voie végétative. 1-230.
  14. Ovesná, J. et al. 2011. Diversity of S-alk(en)yl cysteine sulphoxide content within a collection of garlic (Allium sativum L.) and its association with the morphological and genetic background assessed by AFLP. Sci. Hort. 129:541-547. Note: this study found evidence of differential production of sulphoxides in this taxon compared to those of the softneck variety (var. sativum)
  15. Pooler, M. R. & P. W. Simon. 1993. Characterization and classification of isozyme and morphological variation in a diverse collection of garlic clones. Euphytica 68:121-130.
  16. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  17. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Common names
English
ophio garlic –
rocambole –
serpent garlic –
Spanish garlic –
French
ail rocambole –
German
echte Rokkenbolle –
Rockenbolle –
Schlangenknoblauch –
Italian
aglio d'India –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
2CultivatedEurope Europe  
2CultivatedNorthern America North America  
2CultivatedSouthern America South America  
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • REGION: North America
Southern America
  • REGION: South America
Economic Uses
Food additives


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