Taxon:  Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng.



Summary
Genus:
Allium
Subgenus:
Butomissa
Section:
Butomissa
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:
Allioideae
Tribe:
Allieae
Nomen number:
2409
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 2:38.  1825
Verified:
01/16/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
18 (14  active, 4  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Allium clarkei Hook. f.
Allium uliginosum G. Don

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Blattner, F. R. & N. Friesen. 2006. Chapter 10. Relationships between Chinese chive (Allium tuberosum) and its putative progenitor A. ramosum as assessed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD). In: Zeder, M. A. et al., eds., Documenting domestication. New genetic and archaeological paradigms 134-142. Note: University California Press
  3. Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:15.
  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  5. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  6. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
  7. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
  8. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  9. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  10. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Allium ramosum L.
  11. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  12. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  13. Kamentsky, R. & H. D. Rabinowitch. 2006. The genus Allium: A developmental and horticultural analysis. Hort. Rev. 32:329-378.
  14. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  15. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
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  18. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  19. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  20. Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
  21. Oyuntsetseg, B. et al. 2012. Diploid Allium ramosum from East Mongolia: a missing link for the origin of the crop species A. tuberosum? Erforsch. Biol. Ressourcen Mongolei 12:415-424.
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  24. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  25. Saghir, A. R. B. et al. 1966. Composition of volatiles in relation to taxonomy of American alliums. Amer. J. Bot. 53:477.
  26. Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:80-82.
  27. Stearn, W. T. 1946. Nomenclature and synonymy of Allium odorum and A. tuberosum. Herbertia 11:227-245.
  28. Still, S. M. 1994. Manual of herbaceous ornamental plants, ed. 4
  29. Sulistiarini et al. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):99-100.
  30. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishChinese chives  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
EnglishChinese leek  1Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Englishgarlic chives  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
EnglishOriental garlic  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Chinesejiu韭 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Frenchciboulette chinoise  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germanchinesischer Schnittlauch  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanSchnittknoblauch  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Japanese Rōmajinira  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Spanishcive chino  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi Shengs.w.Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  Blattner, F. R. & N. Friesen. 2006. Chapter 10. Relationships between Chinese chive (Allium tuberosum) and its putative progenitor A. ramosum as assessed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD). In: Zeder, M. A. et al., eds., Documenting domestication. New genetic and archaeological paradigms 134-142. Note: University California Press
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  Blattner, F. R. & N. Friesen. 2006. Chapter 10. Relationships between Chinese chive (Allium tuberosum) and its putative progenitor A. ramosum as assessed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD). In: Zeder, M. A. et al., eds., Documenting domestication. New genetic and archaeological paradigms 134-142. Note: University California Press
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  Blattner, F. R. & N. Friesen. 2006. Chapter 10. Relationships between Chinese chive (Allium tuberosum) and its putative progenitor A. ramosum as assessed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD). In: Zeder, M. A. et al., eds., Documenting domestication. New genetic and archaeological paradigms 134-142. Note: University California Press
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:80-82.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia n.Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Allium ramosum L.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:80-82.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Allium ramosum L.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Allium ramosum L.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  Blattner, F. R. & N. Friesen. 2006. Chapter 10. Relationships between Chinese chive (Allium tuberosum) and its putative progenitor A. ramosum as assessed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD). In: Zeder, M. A. et al., eds., Documenting domestication. New genetic and archaeological paradigms 134-142. Note: University California Press
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Allium ramosum L.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Allium ramosum L.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Allium ramosum L.
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
2CultivatedEurope Europe  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Allium ramosum L.
2CultivatedNorthern America United States  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Allium ramosum L.
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Allium ramosum L.
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanWest Indies  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Allium ramosum L.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChina s.Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Shanxi Sheng (s.w.)]
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.), Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • REGION: United States
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: West Indies, Cuba
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China (s.)

Reference(s)
  1. Blattner, F. R. & N. Friesen. 2006. Chapter 10. Relationships between Chinese chive (Allium tuberosum) and its putative progenitor A. ramosum as assessed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD). In: Zeder, M. A. et al., eds., Documenting domestication. New genetic and archaeological paradigms 134-142. Note: University California Press
  2. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Allium ramosum L.
  3. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  4. Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:80-82.
  5. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Still, S. M. 1994. Manual of herbaceous ornamental plants, ed. 4
Food additivesflavoring Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Food additivesflavoring Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:80-82.
Human foodvegetableboth leaves & flowersBrewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:15.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicinesfolklore Sulistiarini et al. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):99-100.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=2409. Accessed 15 April 2026.