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Taxon:  Allium chinense G. Don



Summary
Genus:
Allium
Subgenus:
Cepa
Section:
Sacculiferum
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:
Allioideae
Tribe:
Allieae
Nomen number:
101417
Place of publication:
Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 6:83. 1827 ("1832")
Verified:
06/03/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Allium bakeri Regel
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Reference(s)
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  2. Bensky, D., A. Gamble, & T. J. Kaptchuk. Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica, rev. ed. 1993
  3. Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:13.
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  9. Keller, E. R. J. et al. 1996. Interspecific crosses of onion with distant Allium species and characterization of the presumed hybrids by means of flow cytometry, karyotype analysis and genomic in situ hybridization. Theor. Appl. Genet. 92:417.
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Common names
English
Chinese onion –
Chinese scallion –
Japanese scallion –
Oriental onion –
Japanese Rōmaji
rakkyō –
Swedish
rakkyolök –
Transcribed Chinese
jiao tou –
Transcribed Korean
yeombuchu –
yeomgyo –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndochina  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
2CultivatedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Henan, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hainan]
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina
  • MALESIA: Indonesia
Northern America
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Cuba
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:13.
Medicinesfolklore Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:71-73.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=101417. Accessed 2 March 2026.


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