Summary
Place of publication:
Enum. pl. 1:358. 1809
Comment:
- [= Allium fistulosum × A. cepa]
- although a reference to the basionym by Willdenow is lacking, under Shenzhen ICN 41.4 this can be inferred
Verified:
01/12/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:15. Note: = Allium cepa × A. fistulosum
- Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: = Allium cepa Proliferum Group
- Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
- Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
- Maaß, H. I. 1997. Genetic diversity in the top onion, Allium × proliferum (Alliaceae), analysed by isozymes. Pl. Syst. Evol. 208:35-44. Note: provides evidence for the origin of different alleles in relation to parental species
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
- Office of the Union. 2009. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union
- Ohle, H. 1992. Karyotype analysis using Giemsa C-banding technique in Allium species of six sections of the subgenus Rhizirideum. The genus Allium - taxonomic problems and genetic resources. Proceedings of an international symposium held at Gatersleben, Germany, June 11-13, 1991 227.
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Allium cepa var. proliferum (Moench) Regel
Common names
English
Beltsville bunching onion – Catawissa onion – Egyptian onion – top onion – tree onion – Wakegi onion – French
oignon d'Égypte – German
ägyptische Zwiebel – Catawissazwiebel – Luftzwiebel – Japanese Rōmaji
wakegi – Transcribed Chinese
lou zi cong –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. elsewhere |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia | Eastern Siberia | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation-Western Siberia | Western Siberia | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Indochina | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Europe | | Europe | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | North America | | |
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
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SIBERIA:
Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea, Japan
Asia-Tropical
Europe
Northern America
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Food additives | flavoring | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |
| Human food | vegetable | fide Crop Prod Sci Hort 3:15. 1994, as A. cepa × A. fistulosum | Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:12. |
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=404736.
Accessed 3 May 2025.