Details for: PI 656912, Allium cepa L., 'Red Wethersfield'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Allium cepa L.
Cultivar:
'Red Wethersfield'
Origin:
Donated – United States
Received by NPGS:
01 Jan 1989
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Biennial
Life Cycle:
Biennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Allium cepa L.
Cultivar:
'Red Wethersfield'
Origin:
Donated – United States
Received by NPGS:
01 Jan 1989
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Biennial
Life Cycle:
Biennial
Source History
Donated
1989.
United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Red Wethersfield'
Type: Cultivar name
Sunseeds Genetics Inc.

#37542
Type: Donor identifier

G 29200
Type: Site identifier
Northeast Regional PI Station

Narrative
This standard variety is adapted to most of the northern onion growing districts (USA) and is used almost entirely for the production of dry onion sets which in turn are used for the growing of large dry onions. When grown from dry sets, large bulbs mature in mid-season; but from seed, the crop is late maturing. Large bulbs are thick-flat in shape with dark red scales that are usually not too well retained. It is not a long storage onion. Flesh is rather soft and pungent.
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.
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 07 Apr 2004, from Allium fistulosum L. to Allium cepa L.
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