Details for: PI 385949, Allium cepa L., White Creole


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Allium cepa L.
Top Name:
White Creole
Origin:
Donated – Kenya
Received by NPGS:
01 Mar 1974
PI Assigned:
1974
Life Form:
Biennial
Life Cycle:
Biennial
Availability
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Seed100 countPI 385949 05CI SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Allium cepa L.
Top Name:
White Creole
Origin:
Donated – Kenya
Received by NPGS:
01 Mar 1974
PI Assigned:
1974
Life Form:
Biennial
Life Cycle:
Biennial
Source History
Donated
01 March 1974.
Kenya
Comment: Received by S.W. Braverman, Division of Plant Quarantine Services, East Africa Agriculture and Forestry Research Organization, Nairobi.
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
White Creole
Type: Unverified name

Narrative
Short day onion.
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
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbulb onion  1Havey, 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
Englishcommon onion  1Fritsch, 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
Englishonion  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishshallot  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Arabicbasal  2Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
Italiancipolla  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Swedishlök  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Koreanogba  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:75.
Transcribed Koreanyangba  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:75.
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
COMMENTCOMMENT1GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE ACCESSION.Selected for higher solid cont NE9.ALLIUM.75 Not Available
COMMENTCOMMENT2GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE DESCRIPTOR.Africa Limited, Nairobi. NE9.ALLIUM.75 Not Available
GROWTHPLANT HEIGHTPLANT HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS36 NE9.ALLIUM.75 Not Available
GROWTHPLANT UNIFORMITYPLANT UNIFORMITY IN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT8 - (1 = POOR, 9 = VERY UNIFORM) NE9.ALLIUM.75 Not Available
GROWTHPLANT VIGORPLANT VIGOR4 - (1 = POOR, 9 = MOST) NE9.ALLIUM.75 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBULB DIAMETERAVG DIAMETER (MM) OF 5-10 MATURE BULBS.5.7 NE9.ALLIUM.75 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBULB NECK DIAMETERAVERAGE BULB NECK DIAMETER (MM) OF FIVE OR MORE BULBS.0.5 NE9.ALLIUM.75 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBULB ROOT SIZECODED DESCRIPTION OF AVG. ROOT DIAMETER.5 - MEDIUM NE9.ALLIUM.75 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBULB SHAPECODED DESCRIPTION OF THE MATURE BULB SHAPE.FL - FLAT NE9.ALLIUM.75 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBULB SKIN COLORSKIN COLOR OF THE MATURE BULBS.WH - WHITE NE9.ALLIUM.75 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYAMOUNT OF BLOOMAMOUNT OF BLOOM5 - MEDIUM NE9.ALLIUM.75 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBULB DEPTHBULB DEPTH IN CENTIMETERS4.5 NE9.ALLIUM.75 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYNUMBER OF LEAVESRELATIVE NUMBER OF LEAVES2 - MODERATE (6-12) NE9.ALLIUM.75 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYNECK LENGTHNECK LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS4 NE9.ALLIUM.75 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYNUMBER OF LOOSE SCALESRELATIVE NUMBER OF LOOSE SCALES3 - (1 = FEW, 9 = MANY) NE9.ALLIUM.75 Not Available
PHENOLOGYMATURITYRELATIVE TIME TO MATURITY9 - VERY EARLY NE9.ALLIUM.75 Not Available