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Details for: W6 21676,
Allium sphaerocephalon
L., G140
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Taxonomy:
Allium sphaerocephalon
L.
Top Name:
G140
Origin:
Collected – Greece
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
09 Sep 1999
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Seed
100 count
W6 21676 2023i SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Allium sphaerocephalon
L.
Top Name:
G140
Origin:
Collected – Greece
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
09 Sep 1999
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
August 1999.
Greece
Locality:
Roadside, Pieria Pref. 2km N of Eginio to Alexandria
Coordinates:
40.5233, 22.5336
(Map it)
Elevation:
30m.
Georeference protocol:
Lat/lon determined by GPS
Collector(s):
Kotlinska, Teresa, Research Institute of Vegetable Crops
Samaras, Stelios, Center of Macedonia & Thrach
Simon, Philipp W., USDA, ARS, Vegetable Crops Research Unit
Donated
September 1999.
Donor(s):
Simon, Philipp W., USDA, ARS, Vegetable Crops Research Unit
Accession Names and Identifiers
G140
Type: Collector identifier
GPS 171
Type: Other or unclassified name
W6 21676
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS
PWS0799
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Allium sphaerocephalon
L.
Genus:
Allium
Subgenus:
Allium
Section:
Allium
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:
Allioideae
Tribe:
Allieae
Nomen number:
2383
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:297. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
01/16/2007
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Allium sphaerocephalon
L. var.
sphaerocephalon
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Allium descendens
L.
Common names
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Citation
English
ball-head onion
1
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
four books on weeds worldwide in scope
English
round-head garlic
1
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
English
round-head leek
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
French
ail à tête ronde
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
German
Kugellauch
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Swedish
klotlök
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.11
ALLIUM-WILD.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
W6 21676 99o SD
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