Details for: PI 578126, Allium cepa L., 'Serrana'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Allium cepa L.

Cultivar:

'Serrana'

Origin:

Developed – São Paulo, Brazil

Maintained:

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

Received by NPGS:

03 Mar 1994

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Biennial

Life Cycle:

Biennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	75 count		PI 578126 17CI SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Allium cepa L.

Cultivar:

'Serrana'

Origin:

Developed – São Paulo, Brazil

Maintained:

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

Received by NPGS:

03 Mar 1994

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Biennial

Life Cycle:

Biennial

Source History

Developed

PRE 1994.
São Paulo, Brazil

Developer(s):

Asgrow Seed Company

Donated

03 March 1994.
United States

Donor(s):

Asgrow Seed Company

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Serrana'

Type: Cultivar name

Asgrow Seed Company

Narrative

Short day onion. Early and uniform maturity, 75-95 days. Bulb characteristics closely resemble 'Baia Priforme' and 'Gladalan Brown', with 'Serrana' displaying earlier and more uniform maturity, and much greater uniformity in plant height, bulb size, shape, color and yield. Bulb small, 5 cm. diameter by 6 cm. height; shape is deep globe with medium yellow skin and cream interior with strong pungency; scales medium with fair retention. Good storage.

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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