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:
264 (33  active, 32  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 (0 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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Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English onion 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English shallot 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Arabic basal 2 Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
Italian cipolla 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Swedish lök 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Korean ogba 2 Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:75
Transcribed Korean yangba 2 Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:75
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2CultivatedAfrica Africa  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian Federation-Far EastFar East 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Eastern SiberiaEastern Siberia 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndochina  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
2CultivatedEurope Europe  
2CultivatedNorthern America Canada  
2CultivatedNorthern America Mexico  
2CultivatedNorthern America United States  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanWest Indies  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCentral America  
Cultivated
Africa
  • REGION: Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • 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-Far East [Far East]
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina
  • MALESIA: Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, Mexico, United States
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: West Indies
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Central America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsto livestockKellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa Note: poisonous
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=2244. Accessed 22 November 2024.