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Taxon:  Allium cepa L.



Summary
Genus:
Allium
Subgenus:
Cepa
Section:
Cepa
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:
Allioideae
Tribe:
Allieae
Nomen number:
2244
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:300. 1753
Verified:
07/09/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
15 (15  active, 3  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Allium cepa L. var. aggregatum G. Don (0 active accession[s])
Allium cepa L. var. cepa (1 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Allium cumaria Buch.-Ham., nom. inval.
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Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
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Common names
English
onion –
shallot –
Arabic
basal –
Italian
cipolla –
Swedish
lök –
Transcribed Korean
ogba –
yangba –
Distribution
Cultivated
Africa
  • REGION: Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Taiwan
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation-Far East [Far East]
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina
  • MALESIA: Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, Mexico, United States
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • CARIBBEAN: West Indies
  • MESOAMERICA: Central America
Economic Uses
Medicines
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (to livestock fide Kellerman et al.; Kingsbury; Lampe & McCann; Everist; Cooper & Johnson ed2) –


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