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Taxon:
Allium cepa
L. var.
cepa
(
Allium cepa
Common Onion Group)
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Allium
Subgenus:
Cepa
Section:
Cepa
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:
Allioideae
Tribe:
Allieae
Nomen number:
409114
Comment:
[or
Allium cepa
Common Onion Group]
Verified:
07/09/1997
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Allium cepa
L.
(0 active accession[s])
Allium cepa
L. var.
aggregatum
G. Don
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds.
Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/
Brewster, J. L.
1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Note:
=
Allium cepa
Cepa Group
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+cepa+var.+cepa&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#
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Messiaen, C.-M. et al.
1993. Les
Allium
alimentaires reproduits par voie végétative. 1-230.
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) 8:68.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Note:
=
Allium cepa
Common Onion Group
Wako, T. et al.
2015. Screening and incorporation of rust resistance from
Allium cepa
into bunching onion
Allium fistulosum
via alien chromosome addition. Genome 10.1139/gen-2015-0026
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
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
bulb onion –
Reference(s)
onion –
Reference(s)
Spanish onion –
Reference(s)
spring onion –
Reference(s)
French
oignon –
Reference(s)
German
Küchenzwiebel –
Reference(s)
Sommerzwiebel –
Reference(s)
Speisezwiebel –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
cebola –
Reference(s)
Spanish
cebolla –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
yang cong –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
also cult. elsewhere
2
Cultivated
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
2
Cultivated
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
2
Cultivated
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Chad
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northern Africa
Egypt
2
Cultivated
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
2
Cultivated
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Burkina Faso
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mali
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Niger
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Senegal
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Armenia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Azerbaijan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Georgia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia
Ciscaucasia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
China
China
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Korea
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Kazakhstan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Kyrgyzstan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Tajikistan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Turkmenistan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Uzbekistan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East
Russian Federation
Amur
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East
Russian Federation
Primorye
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia
Eastern Siberia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation-Western Siberia
Western Siberia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iran
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Turkey
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Papua New Guinea
2
Cultivated
Australasia
Australia
Australia
2
Cultivated
Europe
Europe
2
Cultivated
Europe
Eastern Europe
Russian Federation-European part
European part
2
Cultivated
Northern America
Canada
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Central America
Belize
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Central America
Guatemala
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Cultivated
REGION:
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
,
Chad
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burkina Faso
,
Ghana
,
Mali
,
Niger
,
Nigeria
,
Senegal
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
Asia-Temperate
WESTERN ASIA:
Iran
,
Turkey
CAUCASUS:
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia
[Ciscaucasia],
Armenia
,
Azerbaijan
,
Georgia
SIBERIA:
Russian Federation-Western Siberia
[Western Siberia],
Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia
[Eastern Siberia]
MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan
,
Kyrgyzstan
,
Tajikistan
,
Turkmenistan
,
Uzbekistan
RUSSIAN FAR EAST:
Russian Federation
[Primorye, Amur]
CHINA:
China
EASTERN ASIA:
Korea
,
Japan
,
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
,
Pakistan
PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
INDO-CHINA:
Thailand
MALESIA:
Philippines
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
Europe
EASTERN EUROPE:
Russian Federation-European part
[European part]
REGION:
Europe
Northern America
REGION:
Canada
Southern America
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize
,
Guatemala
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Food additives
flavoring
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Human food
vegetable
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Name
References