Taxon: Allium ampeloprasum L. var. ampeloprasum (Allium ampeloprasum Great-headed Garlic Group)

Summary

Genus:

Allium

Subgenus:

Allium

Section:

Allium

Family:

Amaryllidaceae

Subfamily:

Allioideae

Tribe:

Allieae

Nomen number:

400394

Comment:

[or Allium ampeloprasum Great-headed Garlic Group]

Verified:

06/24/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (1 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Allium ampeloprasum L. (238 active accession[s])
Allium ampeloprasum L. var. babingtonii (Borrer) Syme (1 active accession[s])

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

Autonym(s)
Allium ampeloprasum L. subsp. ampeloprasum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Allium ampeloprasum L. var. combazianum Maire

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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.
Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:11.
Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Figliuolo, G. et al. 2001. Genetic evaluation of cultivated garlic germplasm (Allium sativum L. and A. ampeloprasum L. Euphytica 121:325-334. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Kik, C. et al. 1997. Mitochondrial DNA variation and crossability of leek (Allium porrum) and its wild relatives from the Allium ampeloprasum complex. Theor. Appl. Genet. 94:465-471.
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Mathew, B. 1996. A review of Allium sect. Allium
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
Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996-. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.

Common names

LANGUAGE	NAME	SEQ	CITATION
English	great-head garlic	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	Levant garlic	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	wild leek	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
French	ail d'orient	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Ackerknoblauch	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Sommerlauch	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Algeria		n.
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Egypt
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Libya		n.
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Morocco
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Tunisia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Saudi Arabia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Armenia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Azerbaijan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Cyprus
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Egypt	Sinai
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iraq
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Israel
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Jordan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Lebanon
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Syria
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	United Kingdom		s.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Albania
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Bulgaria
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Former Yugoslavia
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Greece		incl. Crete
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy		incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Romania
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Portugal
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Spain		incl. Baleares
2	Cultivated	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Reunion
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Saudi Arabia
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India		n.w.
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Indochina
2	Cultivated	Australasia	Australia	Australia
2	Cultivated	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation-European part	European part
2	Cultivated	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Greece
2	Cultivated	Northern America		Mexico
2	Cultivated	Northern America		United States
2	Cultivated	Southern America	Southern South America	Chile
4	Naturalized	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Illinois
4	Naturalized	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New York	Suffock Co.
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Ohio
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia
4	Naturalized	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia

Native
Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Egypt, Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia
WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom (s.)
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Former Yugoslavia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France, Portugal

Cultivated
Africa

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Reunion

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia
WESTERN ASIA: Turkey

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.w.)
INDO-CHINA: Indochina

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia

Europe

EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece

Northern America

REGION: Mexico, United States

Southern America

SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile

Naturalized
Northern America

NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [New York (Suffock Co.), Ohio, West Virginia]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Oklahoma]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Food additives	flavoring		Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:11.
Human food	vegetable		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) 8:62.
Human food	vegetable	only bulbs used	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Weed		fide Rev sect Allium 69. 1996	Mathew, B. 1996. A review of Allium sect. Allium

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=400394. Accessed 25 November 2024.