Taxon:  Allium ×proliferum (Moench) Schrad. ex Willd. (Allium cepa Proliferum Group)



Summary
Genus:
Allium
Subgenus:
Cepa
Section:
Cepa
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:
Allioideae
Tribe:
Allieae
Nomen number:
404736
Place of publication:
Enum. pl. 1:358.  1809
Comment:
  • [= Allium fistulosum × A. cepa]
  • although a reference to the basionym by Willdenow is lacking, under Shenzhen ICN 41.4 this can be inferred
Verified:
01/12/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4 (4  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cepa ×proliferum Moench

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Allium cepa L. var. proliferum (Moench) Alef.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Allium ×wakegii Araki
Allium cepa L. unranked viviparum Metzg.
Allium cepa L. var. bulbiferum Regel
Allium cepa L. var. viviparum (Metzg.) Alef.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:15. Note: = Allium cepa × A. fistulosum
  3. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: = Allium cepa Proliferum Group
  5. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
  6. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  7. Maaß, H. I. 1997. Genetic diversity in the top onion, Allium × proliferum (Alliaceae), analysed by isozymes. Pl. Syst. Evol. 208:35-44. Note: provides evidence for the origin of different alleles in relation to parental species
  8. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  9. Office of the Union. 2009. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union
  10. Ohle, H. 1992. Karyotype analysis using Giemsa C-banding technique in Allium species of six sections of the subgenus Rhizirideum. In: Hanelt, P. et al., eds., The genus Allium - taxonomic problems and genetic resources. Proceedings of an international symposium held at Gatersleben, Germany, June 11-13, 1991 227.
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  12. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Allium cepa var. proliferum (Moench) Regel
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English Beltsville bunching onion as A. cepa × A. fistulosum 1 Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:15. Note: = Allium cepa × A. fistulosum
English Catawissa onion 1 Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
English Egyptian onion as A. cepa × A. fistulosum 1 Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:15. Note: = Allium cepa × A. fistulosum
English top onion 1 Ohle, H. 1992. Karyotype analysis using Giemsa C-banding technique in Allium species of six sections of the subgenus Rhizirideum. In: Hanelt, P. et al., eds., The genus Allium - taxonomic problems and genetic resources. Proceedings of an international symposium held at Gatersleben, Germany, June 11-13, 1991 227.
English tree onion 1 Ohle, H. 1992. Karyotype analysis using Giemsa C-banding technique in Allium species of six sections of the subgenus Rhizirideum. In: Hanelt, P. et al., eds., The genus Allium - taxonomic problems and genetic resources. Proceedings of an international symposium held at Gatersleben, Germany, June 11-13, 1991 227.
English Wakegi onion as A. cepa × A. fistulosum 1 Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:15. Note: = Allium cepa × A. fistulosum
Chinese lou zi cong 楼子葱 as Allium cepa var. proliferum 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Allium cepa var. proliferum (Moench) Regel
French oignon d'Égypte as A. cepa var. viviparum 2 Office of the Union. 2009. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union
German ägyptische Zwiebel as A. cepa Proliferum Group 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: = Allium cepa Proliferum Group
German Catawissazwiebel 2 Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
German Luftzwiebel as A. cepa var. viviparum 2 Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Japanese Rōmaji wakegi 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Transcribed Chinese lou zi cong as A. cepa var. proliferum 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Allium cepa var. proliferum (Moench) Regel
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    also cult. elsewhere
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Eastern SiberiaEastern Siberia 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndochina  
2CultivatedEurope Europe  
2CultivatedNorthern America North America  
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Asia-Temperate
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • REGION: North America
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Food additivesflavoring Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Human foodvegetableas Allium cepa × A. fistulosumBrewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:15. Note: = Allium cepa × A. fistulosum
Human foodvegetablefide Crop Prod Sci Hort 3:15. 1994, as A. cepa × A. fistulosumBrewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:12.
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://grin-global.warwick.ac.uk/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=404736. Accessed 30 October 2024.