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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.
The family, which was originally created in 1805, now contains about 1600 species, divided into 71 genera, [3] [4] 17 tribes and three subfamilies, the Agapanthoideae , Allioideae (onions, garlic and chives) and Amaryllidoideae (amaryllis, daffodils, snowdrops).
Allium flavum (yellow) and Allium carinatum (purple). Allium is a large genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants with around 1000 accepted species, [4] [5] making Allium the largest genus in the family Amaryllidaceae and amongst the largest plant genera in the world. [6]
Although leeks and green onions are both in the allium family—along with chives, ... "While leeks and green onions belong to the same botanical family, they are not the same," explains Jones ...
List of onions may refer to: List of Allium species ; Allium is the onion genus, with 600-920 species, making it one of the largest plant genera in the world List of onion cultivars ; cultivars of the onion ( Allium cepa )
Congdon's onion Allium sanbornii Alph. Wood var. congdonii Jeps. Crinkled onion Allium crispum Greene Cuddy Mountain onion Allium fibrillum M.E. Jones Cultivated garlic Allium sativum L. Darkred onion Allium atrorubens S. Watson and vars. atrorubens, cristatum Dotted onion Allium punctum L.F. Hend. Douglas' onion Allium douglasii Hook. Drummond ...
Allium validum S.Watson – Pacific onion, swamp onion; Allium vallivanchense R.M.Fritsch & N.Friesen; Allium variegatum Boiss. Allium vasilevskajae Ogan. Allium vavilovii Popov & Vved. Allium verticillatum Regel; Allium vescum Wendelbo; Allium victorialis L. – victory onion, Alpine leek, alpine broad-leaf allium [5] Allium victoris Vved.
French Onion Soup Bites. French onion soup is already a bowl of perfection: fortifying broth, sweetly soft onions, a few chunks of bread, and a molten layer of cheese. These little bites prove ...