Taxon: Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng.

 
Genus: Allium
  Subgenus: Butomissa
    Section: Butomissa
Family: Amaryllidaceae
  Subfamily: Allioideae
      Tribe: Allieae
Nomen number: 2409
Place of publication: Syst. veg. 2:38. 1825
Name Verified on: 16-Jan-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 23-Jan-2007
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6)
Accessions: 16 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Common names:

  • Chinese chives  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
  • Chinese leek  (Source: Cornucopia) - English
  • garlic chives  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
  • Oriental garlic  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
  • ciboulette chinoise  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
  • chinesischer Schnittlauch  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
  • Schnittknoblauch  (Source: Zander ed17) - German
  • nira  (Source: F JapanOhwi) - Japanese Rōmaji
  • cive chino  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
  • jiu  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

  • Food additives: flavoring (fide Pl Res SEAs 8:80. 1993; Cornucopia)
  • Environmental: ornamental (fide Man HerbPl)
  • Human food: vegetable (both leaves & flowers fide Crop Prod Sci Hort 3:15. 1994)
  • Gene sources: primary genetic relative of Chinese chives (fide Docum Domestication 134-142.)
  • Medicines: folklore (fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):100. 1999; Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

    Native:

  • Asia-Temperate

    • China: China - Shanxi

    • Naturalized:

  • Asia-Temperate

    • China: China

    • Cultivated:

  • Asia-Temperate

    • China: China
    • Eastern Asia: Japan; Korea; Taiwan

  • Asia-Tropical

    • Indian Subcontinent: India; Nepal
    • Indo-China: Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
    • Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Philippines

  • Australasia

    • Australia: Australia

  • Europe

    • : Europe; United States

  • Northern America

    • : Europe; United States

  • Southern America

    • Caribbean: Cuba; West Indies

References:

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  • Blattner, F. R. & N. Friesen Chapter 10. Relationships between Chinese chive (Allium tuberosum) and its putative progenitor A. ramosum as assessed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) (Docum Domestication) 134-142.
  • Blattner, F. R. & N. Friesen Chapter 10. Relationships between Chinese chive (Allium tuberosum) and its putative progenitor A. ramosum as assessed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) (Docum Domestication) 134-142.
  • Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:15.
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959- (F China)
  • Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984 (Zander ed13)
  • Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002 (Zander ed17)
  • Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 (Cornucopia)
  • FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). (Ecocrop)
  • Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 (Mansf Ency)
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  • Stearn, W. T. 1946. Nomenclature and synonymy of Allium odorum and A. tuberosum (Herbertia) 11:227-245.
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  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

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