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With over 850 species [25] Allium is the sole genus in the Allieae, one of four tribes of subfamily Allioideae (Amaryllidaceae). New species continue to be described [25] and Allium is one of the largest monocotyledonous genera, [26] but the precise taxonomy of Allium is poorly understood, [26] [25] with incorrect descriptions being widespread ...
Allium baytopiorum Kollmann & Özhatay – Baytop's onion; Allium beesianum W.W.Sm. Allium bekeczalicum Lazkov; Allium bellulum Prokh. Allium beypazariense Koçyiğit, Özhatay & E.Kaya; Allium bidentatum Fisch. ex Prokh. & Ikonn.-Gal. Allium bigelovii [6] (also A. bigelowii [7]) S.Watson; Allium bilgeae Yıld. Allium bilgilii H.Duman & Eksi ...
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 precise taxonomy of the genus Allium is still poorly understood with incorrect descriptions being widespread. With over 850 species distributed over the Northern hemisphere Allium is the sole genus in the Allieae, one of four tribes of subfamily Allioideae (Amaryllidaceae).
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.
Allium giganteum, common name giant onion or giant leek, is an Asian species of onion, native to central and southwestern Asia but cultivated in many countries as a flowering garden plant. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is the tallest species of Allium in common cultivation, growing to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft).
Bombus vancouverensis feeding on Allium cernuum. The species has been reported from much of the United States, Canada and Mexico including in the Appalachian Mountains from Alabama to New York State, the Great Lakes Region, the Ohio and Tennessee River Valleys, the Ozarks of Arkansas and Missouri, and the Rocky and Cascade Mountains of the West, from Mexico to Washington.
Allium fistulosum, the Welsh onion, also commonly called bunching onion, long green onion, Japanese bunching onion, and spring onion, is a species of perennial plant, often considered to be a kind of scallion. The species is very similar in taste and odor to the related common onion, Allium cepa, and hybrids between the two (tree onions) exist.