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Many are used as food plants, though not all members of the genus are equally flavorful. In most cases, both bulb and leaves are edible. The characteristic Allium flavor depends on the sulfate content of the soil the plant grows in. [15] In the rare occurrence of sulfur-free growth conditions, all Allium species completely lose their usual ...
any uncultivated species in the genus Allium, especially: Allium bisceptrum; Allium canadense; Allium tricoccum; Allium validum; Allium vineale; Allium ochotense; Asphodelus tenuifolius; Cyperus bulbosus; Bulbine semibarbata
An onion (Allium cepa L., from Latin cepa meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion which was classified as a separate species until 2011.
C. Allium caeruleum; Allium caesioides; Allium caesium; Allium caespitosum; Allium calamarophilon; Calçot; Allium callimischon; Allium calyptratum; Allium campanulatum
He placed Allium in a grouping he referred to as Hexandria monogynia (i.e. six stamens and one pistil) [9] containing 51 genera in all. [10] In 1763, Michel Adanson, who proposed the concept of families of plants, included Allium and related genera as a grouping within Liliaceae [11] as Section IV, Les Oignons (Onions), or Cepae in Latin. [12]
The potato onion (also known as an Egyptian onion, underground onion [1] or multiplier onion) [2] is a group of varieties [3] which Maud Grieve calls Allium × proliferum [1] but has also been classed in the Aggregatum Group of Allium cepa, similar to the shallot. [3]
The yellow onion or brown onion (Allium cepa L. [1] [2]) is a variety of dry onion with a strong flavour. They have a greenish-white, [3] light yellow, [4] or white inside; [5] its layers of papery skin have a yellow-brown or pale golden colour.
Allium is a genus with around 1000 species, making it one of the largest plant genera in the world. [1] [2 The ...