The shallot is a cultivar group of the onion. Until 2010, the (French red) shallot was classified as a separate species, Allium ascalonicum. The taxon was synonymized with Allium cepa (the common onion) in 2010, as the difference was too small to justify a separate species.
Allium ascalonicum is the scientific name that was formerly used for shallots, a type of cultivated onion with a distinctly different flavor and appearance from common onions. In 2010, scientists reclassified shallots as a variety of the common onion (Allium cepa) rather than a separate species, because the biological differences between them were too minor to warrant separate species status.
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The shallot is a cultivar group of the onion. Until 2010, the (French red) shallot was classified as a separate species, Allium ascalonicum. The taxon was synonymized with Allium cepa (the common onion) in 2010, as the difference was too small to justify a separate species.
As part of the onion genus Allium, its close relatives include garlic, scallions, leeks, chives, and the Chinese onion.
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