Taxon: Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng.

Common names:

• Chinese chives   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• Chinese leek   (Source: Cornucopia )
  
• chinesischer Schnittlauch   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• ciboulette chinoise   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• cive chino   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• garlic chives   (Source: Dict Gard )
  
• jiu   (Source: F ChinaEng )
  
• nira   (Source: F JapanOhwi )
  
• Oriental garlic   (Source: Dict Gard )
  
• Schnittknoblauch   (Source: Zander ed17 )
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

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 Onions)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):100. 1999; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

Native:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Shanxi [s.w.]
  Eastern Asia: Japan; Korea
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indo-China: Vietnam

Other:

• cultivated elsewhere, especially in Asia

References:

• Blattner, F. R. & N. Friesen. 2006. Chapter 10. Relationships between Chinese chive (Allium tuberosum) and its putative progenitor A. ramosum as assessed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD). In: Zeder, M. A. et al. (eds.), Documenting domestication. New genetic and archaeological paradigms. (Docum Domestication) 134–142. [using NJ, UPGMA & MP methods to analyze phylogeny of accessions representing this taxon & its probable progenitor (A. ramosum) found that genetic divergence & tree topology do not support A. ramosum as the progenitor].
• Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:15.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17)
• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. (Cornucopia)
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. (Mansf Ency) [= A. ramosum L.].
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. (Mansfeld)
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Saghir, A. R. B. et al. 1966. Composition of volatiles in relation to taxonomy of American alliums. Amer. J. Bot. 53:477.
• Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 8:80–82.
• Stearn, W. T. 1946. Nomenclature and synonymy of Allium odorum and A. tuberosum. Herbertia 11:227–245.
• Still, S. M. 1994. Manual of herbaceous ornamental plants, ed. 4. (Man HerbPl)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Allium tuberosum. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng.:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• 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.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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