Allium cepa

Allium cepa

Synonymy

Source: 2010: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Allium cepa L., Sp. Pl.: 300. 1753
  • Cepa vulgaris Garsault, Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 207. 1764
  • Porrum cepa (L.) Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 110. 1830
  • Kepa esculenta Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 20. 1837
  • =Allium commune Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 6. 1790
  • =Allium esculentum Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 235. 1796
  • =Ascalonicum sativum P. Renault, Fl. Orne: 33. 1804
  • =Cepa alba P. Renault, Fl. Orne: 33. 1804
  • =Cepa pallens P. Renault, Fl. Orne: 33. 1804
  • =Cepa rubra P. Renault, Fl. Orne: 33. 1804
  • =Cepa esculenta Gray in Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 183. 1821
  • =Allium cepa var. aggregatum G. Don in Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 6: 27. 1827
  • =Allium cumaria Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List: 5072. 1831
  • =Allium napus Pall. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 395. 1843
  • =Allium pauciflorum Willd. ex Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 4: 169. 1852
  • =Allium cepa var. anglicum Alef., Landw. Fl.: 300. 1866
  • =Allium cepa var. argenteum Alef., Landw. Fl.: 299. 1866
  • =Allium cepa var. bifolium Alef., Landw. Fl.: 300. 1866
  • =Allium cepa var. crinides Alef., Landw. Fl.: 299. 1866
  • =Allium cepa var. flandricum Alef., Landw. Fl.: 300. 1866
  • =Allium cepa var. globosum Alef., Landw. Fl.: 300. 1866
  • =Allium cepa var. hispanicum Alef., Landw. Fl.: 299. 1866
  • =Allium cepa var. jamesii Alef., Landw. Fl.: 300. 1866
  • =Allium cepa var. lisboanum Alef., Landw. Fl.: 299. 1866
  • =Allium cepa var. luteum Alef., Landw. Fl.: 299. 1866
  • =Allium cepa var. portanum Alef., Landw. Fl.: 300. 1866
  • =Allium cepa var. praecox Alef., Landw. Fl.: 299. 1866
  • =Allium cepa var. rosum Alef., Landw. Fl.: 300. 1866
  • =Allium cepa var. sanguineum Alef., Landw. Fl.: 300. 1866
  • =Allium cepa var. solaninum Alef., Landw. Fl.: 300. 1866
  • =Allium cepa var. tripolitanum Alef., Landw. Fl.: 300. 1866
  • =Allium cepa var. viviparum (Metzg.) Alef., Landw. Fl.: 301. 1866
  • =Allium angolense Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 262. 1878
  • =Allium cepaeum St.-Lag. in Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 113. 1880
  • =Allium cepa var. multiplicans L. H. Bailey, Princip. Veg. Gard.: 316. 1901
  • =Allium ascalonicum f. rotterianum Voss ex J. Becker, Handb. Gemüsebaues, ed. 2: 786. 1929
  • =Allium ascalonicum var. condensum Millán in Darwiniana 10: 108. 1952
  • =Allium ascalonicum var. fertile Millán in Darwiniana 10: 105. 1952
  • =Allium ascalonicum var. sterile Millán in Darwiniana 10: 106. 1952
  • =Allium aobanum Araki, Hokuriku J.. Bot. 4: 45. 1955
  • =Allium salota Dostál in Folia Mus. Rerum Nat. Bohemiae Occid., Bot. 21: 17. 1984
  • =Allium nigritanum A. Chev. in Etudes Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 319. 1913, nom. nud.
  • "Allium ascalonicum" auct.

Distribution

[Bt By Cm Eg Ga Hs It Ju Rf(C E N NW S) Uk] 

Euro+Med: Baltic states, with Kaliningrad region introducedA; Belarus introducedA; Crimea introducedA; Egypt introducedA; Former Yugoslavia introducedA; France, with Channel is. and Monaco introducedA; Italy, with San Marino and Vatican City introducedA; Russia (C European Russia introducedA, E European Russia introducedA, N European Russia introducedA, NW European Russia introducedA, S European Russia introducedA); Spain, with Gibraltar and Andorra introducedA; Ukraine introducedA

Common Names

Aragonese (Spain): brunoB, burnoC, grillónC, sebaC, zebaC, zebojaC; Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese (Spain): ayínC, cebollaC, cebolletaC, cebolluC, cebollínC; Basque (Spain): kinpulaC, kipulaC, quipulaC, tipulaC; Catalan; Valencian (Spain): cebaC, ceba blancaC, ceba blanca/cebes blanquesC, ceba d´EgipteC, ceba/cebesC, ceballotC, cebes trompadesC, sebaC; Finnish (Finland): (ruoka)sipuliD; Galician (Spain): cebolaC; High Aragonese (Spain): brunoC, burnoC, grillónC, sebaC, zebaC; Majorcan (Mallorca): cebaC, sebaC; Portuguese (Portugal): cebaC, cebolaC, cebola ordinariaC, cebollaC; Spanish; Castilian (Spain): ajo porroC, cebollaC, cebolla ajeraC, cebolla comúnC, cebolla de Alcalá la RealC, cebolla de ChinchónC, cebolla de GranadaC, cebolla de MadridC, cebolla matanceraC, cebolla murcianaC, cebollasC, cebolleta (joven)C, cebolletasC, cebollónC, siemprevivasC; Swedish (Sweden & Finland): lökD; Valencian (Spain): cebaC, ceba blancaC, cebesC, sebaC

Bibliography

A. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
B. anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
C. anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/ (as Allium cepa L.)
D. Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS (as Allium cepa L.)