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Taxon: Allium sativum L.

Genus: Allium subgenus: Allium section: Allium
Family: Amaryllidaceae subfamily: Allioideae tribe: Allieae. Also placed in: Alliaceae Liliaceae
Nomen number: 2368
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:296. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 12-Jan-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 30-Jan-2008
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 302 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


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Common names:

  • garlic   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – English
  • garlic   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Allium sativum var. sativum]
  • ophio garlic   (Source: Cornucopia ) – English   [Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon]
  • rocambole   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon]
  • serpent garlic   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon]
  • Spanish garlic   (Source: Cornucopia ) – English   [Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon]
  • ail   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French   [Allium sativum var. sativum]
  • ail blanc   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French   [Allium sativum var. sativum]
  • ail cultivé   (Source: L Noms French ed6 ) – French   [Allium sativum var. sativum]
  • ail rocambole   (Source: HerbSpices ) – French   [Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon]
  • echte Rokkenbolle   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German   [Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon]
  • echter Knoblauch   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German   [Allium sativum var. sativum]
  • Knoblauch   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German   [Allium sativum var. sativum]
  • Rockenbolle   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German   [Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon]
  • Schlangenknoblauch   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German   [Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon]
  • aglio d'India   (Source: HerbSpices ) – Italian   [Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon]
  • alho   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese   [Allium sativum var. sativum]
  • alho   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • alho-bravo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • alho-comum   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • alho-hortense   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • ajo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Allium sativum var. sativum]
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Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Cultivated:
  • only cultivated

      Other:
  • possible origin c. Asia

References:

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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Allium sativum L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • PROTABASE: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa's (PROTA's) online resource
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?2368 (09 February 2010)

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