Details for: G 29545, Allium cepa L., 'NH 83/84'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Allium cepa L.

Cultivar:

'NH 83/84'

Origin:

Collected – Nigeria

Maintained:

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

Received by NPGS:

23 Aug 1985

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Biennial

Life Cycle:

Biennial

Availability

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Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Allium cepa L.

Cultivar:

'NH 83/84'

Origin:

Collected – Nigeria

Maintained:

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

Received by NPGS:

23 Aug 1985

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Biennial

Life Cycle:

Biennial

Source History

Collected

01 July 1983.
Nigeria
Locality: Bagauda substation, NIHORT, Kano.
Coordinates: 12.0000, 8.5000 (Map it)

Donated

23 August 1985.
Oyo, Nigeria

Donor(s):

Badra, T., National Horticultural Research Institute

Accession Names and Identifiers

'NH 83/84'

Type: Cultivar name

NHAC75 Ex-Rugan Liman

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

Leaves medium and erect. Bulb light brown, single, large flat globe shape. Width 12.5cm. Length 7.6cm. Average weight 30gm. Flesh red, white, thick, single heart and firm. Weak eye irritant present. Susceptible to white rot shoot (Sclerotium Cepivorum).

Allium cepa L.

Genus:

Allium

Subgenus:

Cepa

Section:

Cepa

Family:

Amaryllidaceae

Subfamily:

Allioideae

Tribe:

Allieae

Nomen number:

2244

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:300. 1753

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358319

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

07/09/1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Allium cepa L. var. aggregatum G. Don (2 active accession[s])
Allium cepa L. var. cepa (96 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Allium cumaria Buch.-Ham., nom. inval.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	bulb onion	1	Havey, M. J. 1991. Phylogenetic relationships among cultivated Allium species from restriction enzyme analysis of the chloroplast genome. Theor. Appl. Genet. 81:752-757. Note: this study included five USDA accessions (PI 172703, PI 207456, PI 227346, PI 260793, and PI 293756); it found evidence of close affinity between Allium cepa and A. fistulosum
English	common onion	1	Fritsch, R. M. & N. Friesen. 2002. Chapter 1. Evolution, domestication and taxonomy. In: Rabinowitch, H. D. & L. Currah, eds., Allium crop science: recent advances 5-30. Note: recognizes three crop groups: Common onion group, Ever-ready onions and Aggregatum group
English	onion	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	shallot	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Arabic	basal	2	Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
Italian	cipolla	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Swedish	lök	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Korean	ogba	2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:75.
Transcribed Korean	yangba	2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:75.

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