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Allium

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Also known as ornamental onion, onion, onion genus, onions

thumb|Allium flavum (yellow) and [[Allium carinatum (purple)]] alt=Allium sp.|thumb|Allium sp.

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Allium is a genus of plants within the family Amaryllidaceae, belonging to the order Asparagales and class Liliopsida. The scientific name is Allium L., and it is classified under the phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. Common names for this taxon include onion, scallion, and ramsons. The genus is native to various regions, including Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, the Aleutian Islands, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, and Assam.

Records indicate that Allium is the source of scallions. It is distinct from Allium sativum and bow. The genus has been described in sources such as the Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, the Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and the 11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.

Synthesized by Vinony from 45 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, Encyclopedia of Life, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Ramsons

Allium

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAsparagales
  5. FamilyAmaryllidaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam
Observations43,612
Observations recorded1,519,867

蔥屬（学名：Allium），包含許多多年生鱗莖植物，雖然有少數種蔥屬植物並不結成堅實的鱗莖。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
4,532
With media
3,219
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Collections
CICY, INECOL, GH, FC-UNAM, IEA-UAT, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, China
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Research

12,700 papers

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Encyclopedic overview

26 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Taxonomy
  • Phylogeny
  • History
  • Subdivision
  • Evolutionary lines and subgenera
  • First evolutionary line
  • Second evolutionary line
  • Third evolutionary line
  • Proposed infrageneric groups
  • Distribution and habitat
  • Ecology
  • Genetics
  • Telomere
  • Cultivation
  • Ornamental
  • Toxicity
  • Uses
  • References
  • Sources
  • Bibliography
  • Books
  • Chapters
  • Articles
  • Websites
  • External links

thumb|Allium flavum (yellow) and [[Allium carinatum (purple)]] alt=Allium sp.|thumb|Allium sp.

Allium is a large genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants with 1112 accepted species, making Allium the largest genus in the family Amaryllidaceae and among the largest plant genera in the world. Many of the species are edible, and some have a long history of cultivation and human consumption as a vegetable including the onion, garlic, scallions, shallots, leeks, and chives.

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