Details for: PI 656930, Allium cepa L., 'Benny's Red'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Allium cepa L.

Cultivar:

'Benny's Red'

Origin:

Donated – United States

Maintained:

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

Received by NPGS:

01 Nov 1988

Improvement Status:

Uncertain improvement status

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Biennial

Life Cycle:

Biennial

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	60 count		PI 656930 01CI SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Allium cepa L.

Cultivar:

'Benny's Red'

Origin:

Donated – United States

Maintained:

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

Received by NPGS:

01 Nov 1988

Improvement Status:

Uncertain improvement status

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Biennial

Life Cycle:

Biennial

Source History

Donated

01 November 1988.
United States

Donor(s):

Joseph Harris Company, Inc.

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Benny's Red'

Type: Cultivar name

Joseph Harris Company, Inc.

612-1933

Type: Institute identifier

Joseph Harris Company, Inc.

G 32055

Type: Site identifier

Northeast Regional PI Station

Narrative

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.

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 14 Sep 1999, from Allium spp. to Allium cepa L.