Details for: PI 546124, Allium cepa L., 'Italian Red'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Allium cepa L.
Cultivar:
'Italian Red'
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:
'Italian Red'
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
'Italian Red'
Type: Cultivar name
Dessert Seed Co.,Inc

Narrative
Very productive. Adapted to Central California as late- intermediate crop for immediate local consumption. Due to high non-bolting habit, can be over-wintered as transplant crop. Bulbs very large, torpedo or long oval shaped, with thin, purplish-red scales. Flesh soft and unexcelled in mildness, sweetness and flavor. Not adapted to humid regions or to the South.
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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