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Allium cepa(ALLCE)

Overview

Code created in: 1999-07-13

Basic information

• EPPO Code: ALLCE
• Preferred name: Allium cepa
• Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Possibly of Central Asian origin. Widely cultivated in Europe and Asia as a food and flavouring plant since ancient times, in numerous cultivated forms, and more recently worldwide. Occurs as an escape from cultivation

One type of cultivated onion, known as shallot, was previously considered as a separate species A. ascalonicum. Shallots are now considered to belong among the Aggregatum types (q.v.) of A. cepa

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Associated Non-Taxonomic