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Taxon:
Allium chinense
G. Don
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Allium
Subgenus:
Cepa
Section:
Sacculiferum
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:
Allioideae
Tribe:
Allieae
Nomen number:
101417
Place of publication:
Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 6:83. 1827 ("1832")
Verified:
06/03/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Allium bakeri
Regel
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Brewster, J. L.
1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:13.
Czerepanov, S. K.
1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR) Cambridge University Press.
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Allium+chinense&quantity=1
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Keller, E. R. J. et al.
1996. Interspecific crosses of onion with distant
Allium
species and characterization of the presumed hybrids by means of flow cytometry, karyotype analysis and genomic in situ hybridization. Theor. Appl. Genet. 92:417.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Mann, L. K. & W. T. Stearn.
1960. Rakkyo or Ch'iao T'ou (
Allium chinense
G. Don, syn.
A. bakeri
Regel) a little known vegetable crop. Econ. Bot. 14:69-83.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:76
Ohwi, J.
1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Pandey, A. et al.
2008. Realizing value of genetic resources of
Allium
in India. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:985-994.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
Note:
mentions that flowers are used for flavoring
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds.
1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:71-73.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Yanagino, T. et al.
2003. Production and characterization of an interspecific hybrid between leek and garlic. Theor. Appl. Genet. 107:4.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
Common names
English
Chinese onion –
Reference(s)
Chinese scallion –
Reference(s)
Japanese scallion –
Reference(s)
Oriental onion –
Reference(s)
Japanese Rōmaji
rakkyō –
Reference(s)
Swedish
rakkyolök –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
jiao tou –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Korean
yeombuchu –
Reference(s)
yeomgyo –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Anhui Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Fujian Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guizhou Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hainan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Henan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hubei Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hunan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Jiangxi Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Zhejiang Sheng
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
China
China
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Korea
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Indochina
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
2
Cultivated
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
California
2
Cultivated
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Hainan Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
EASTERN ASIA:
Korea
,
Japan
Asia-Tropical
INDO-CHINA:
Indochina
MALESIA:
Indonesia
Northern America
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[California]
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Cuba
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
vegetable
bulbs used mostly as pickles
Brewster, J. L.
1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:13.
Medicines
folklore
Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds.
1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:71-73.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Name
References