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Taxon:  Allium ampeloprasum L. var. ampeloprasum (Allium ampeloprasum Great-headed Garlic Group)



Summary
Genus:
Allium
Subgenus:
Allium
Section:
Allium
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:
Allioideae
Tribe:
Allieae
Nomen number:
400394
Comment:
[or Allium ampeloprasum Great-headed Garlic Group]
Verified:
06/24/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Allium ampeloprasum L. (0 active accession[s])
Allium ampeloprasum L. var. babingtonii (Borrer) Syme (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Allium ampeloprasum L. subsp. ampeloprasum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Allium ampeloprasum L. var. combazianum Maire
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Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:11.
  3. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
  4. Figliuolo, G. et al. 2001. Genetic evaluation of cultivated garlic germplasm (Allium sativum L. and A. ampeloprasum L. Euphytica 121:325-334. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
  5. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  6. Kik, C. et al. 1997. Mitochondrial DNA variation and crossability of leek (Allium porrum) and its wild relatives from the Allium ampeloprasum complex. Theor. Appl. Genet. 94:465-471.
  7. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  9. Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
  10. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  11. Mathew, B. 1996. A review of Allium sect. Allium
  12. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  13. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  14. Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996-. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
  15. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Common names
English
great-head garlic –
Levant garlic –
wild leek –
French
ail d'orient –
German
Ackerknoblauch –
Sommerlauch –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom s.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
2CultivatedAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia n.w.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndochina  
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
2CultivatedEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
2CultivatedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
2CultivatedNorthern America Mexico  
2CultivatedNorthern America United States  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoma 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew YorkSuffock Co.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesOhio 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesWest Virginia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentucky 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolina 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia 
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Egypt, Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom (s.)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France, Portugal
Cultivated
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Reunion
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.w.)
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico, United States
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile
Naturalized
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [New York (Suffock Co.), Ohio, West Virginia]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Oklahoma]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Tennessee]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Food additivesflavoring Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:11.
Human foodvegetable Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:62.
Human foodvegetableonly bulbs usedMarkle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Weed fide Rev sect Allium 69. 1996Mathew, B. 1996. A review of Allium sect. Allium
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=400394. Accessed 12 May 2025.