Taxon: Allium cepa L. var. aggregatum G. Don (Allium cepa Aggregatum Group)

Summary

Genus:

Allium

Subgenus:

Cepa

Section:

Cepa

Family:

Amaryllidaceae

Subfamily:

Allioideae

Tribe:

Allieae

Nomen number:

101652

Place of publication:

Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 6:59. 1832

Comment:

[or Allium cepa Aggregatum Group]

Verified:

07/09/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

21 (21 active, 9 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Allium cepa L. (1364 active accession[s])
Allium cepa L. var. cepa (0 active accession[s])
Allium cepa L. var. perutile (1 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Allium cepa L. var. ascalonicum auct.
Allium cepa L. var. solaninum Alef.

Invalid Designation(s)
Allium ascalonicum auct.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: = Allium cepa Aggregatum Group
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Friesen, N. & M. Klaas. 1998. Origin of some minor vegetatively propagated Allium crops studied with RAPD and GISH. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 45:511-523. Note: this study used non-USDA accessions of this taxon as a source of comparison to solve the origin of the French grey shallot (=Allium oschninii)
Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Allium cepa Aggregatum Group
Hang, T. T. M. et al. 2004. Production and characterization of alien chromosome additions in shallot (Allium cepa L. Aggregatum group) carrying extra chromosome(s) of Japanese bunching onion (A. fistulosum L.). Genes Genet. Systems 79:263-269.
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. In: , 1-230.
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
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Allium cepa var. ascalonicum (L.) Backer
Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:64. Note: = Allium cepa Aggregatum 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).

Common names

LANGUAGE	NAME	ALTERNATE NAME	NOTE	SEQ	CITATION
English	ever-ready onion		as A. cepa Aggregatum Group	1	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: = Allium cepa Aggregatum Group
English	multiplier onion		as A. cepa Aggregatum Group	1	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Allium cepa Aggregatum Group
English	potato onion		as A. cepa Aggregatum Group	1	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Allium cepa Aggregatum Group
English	shallot			1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Chinese	huo cong	火葱		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French	échalote			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Allium cepa var. ascalonicum (L.) Backer
French	oignon patate			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	Schalotte			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Allium cepa var. ascalonicum (L.) Backer
Portuguese	chalota			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Allium cepa var. ascalonicum (L.) Backer
Spanish	chalote			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Allium cepa var. ascalonicum (L.) Backer
Spanish	escaluña			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Allium cepa var. ascalonicum (L.) Backer
Transcribed Chinese	huo cong			2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Distribution

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	Macaronesia	Cabo Verde
2	Cultivated	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
2	Cultivated	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan
2	Cultivated	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Benin
2	Cultivated	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Côte D'Ivoire
2	Cultivated	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Ghana
2	Cultivated	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea
2	Cultivated	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Mali
2	Cultivated	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria
2	Cultivated	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Congo
2	Cultivated	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo
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	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-Tropical	Indo-China	Indochina
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	Northern America		United States
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Caribbean	West Indies

Cultivated

REGION:

Africa

MACARONESIA: Cabo Verde
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria

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 [Primorye, Amur]
CHINA: China

Asia-Tropical

INDO-CHINA: Indochina

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia

Europe

EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
REGION: Europe

Northern America

REGION: Canada, United States

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: West Indies

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

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/taxonomydetail?id=101652. Accessed 30 October 2024.