Details for: PI 546089, Allium cepa L., 'Australian Brown'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Allium cepa L.
Cultivar:
'Australian Brown'
Origin:
Donated – California, United States
Received by NPGS:
1961
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Biennial
Life Cycle:
Biennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Allium cepa L.
Cultivar:
'Australian Brown'
Origin:
Donated – California, United States
Received by NPGS:
1961
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Biennial
Life Cycle:
Biennial
Source History
Donated
1961.
California, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Australian Brown'
Type: Cultivar name
Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Inc.

Narrative
Maturity 100 days. Standard market variety of notably long keeping quality. Good for sets. Bulbs flattened, globe shape. Skin thick, chestnut brown. Flavor strong. Flesh cooks dark. Excellent for storage. Used for shipping, especially to Carribean areas. Flattened globe shape, extra tight scale, dark brown color. Flesh very firm, cream colored. Flavor strong. Adapted to Western growing areas.
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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