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An onion (Allium cepa L., from Latin cepa meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion which was classified as a separate species until 2011.
There are dozens of cultivars of the onion (Allium cepa), one of the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium, But there are also other species cultivated as 'onions'. Many are named after the first person to breed them, or the locality they came from.
List of onions may refer to: List of Allium species ; Allium is the onion genus, with 600-920 species, making it one of the largest plant genera in the world List of onion cultivars ; cultivars of the onion ( Allium cepa )
In 1763, Michel Adanson, who proposed the concept of families of plants, included Allium and related genera as a grouping within Liliaceae [11] as Section IV, Les Oignons (Onions), or Cepae in Latin. [12] De Jussieu is officially recognised as the first formal establishment of the suprageneric grouping into families (Ordo) in 1789.
Allium drummondii, also known as Drummond's onion, wild garlic and prairie onion, [citation needed] is a North American species of onion native to the southern Great Plains of North America. It is found in South Dakota , Kansas , Nebraska , Colorado , Oklahoma , Arkansas , Texas , New Mexico , and northeastern Mexico .
Allium validum S.Watson – Pacific onion, swamp onion; Allium vallivanchense R.M.Fritsch & N.Friesen; Allium variegatum Boiss. Allium vasilevskajae Ogan. Allium vavilovii Popov & Vved. Allium verticillatum Regel; Allium vescum Wendelbo; Allium victorialis L. – victory onion, Alpine leek, alpine broad-leaf allium [5] Allium victoris Vved.
Allyl sulfide compounds produce the characteristic odour of the onion subfamily (Allioideae). The family, which was originally created in 1805, now contains about 1600 species, divided into 71 genera, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] 17 tribes and three subfamilies, the Agapanthoideae ( Agapanthus ), Allioideae ( onions , garlic and chives ) and Amaryllidoideae ...
Onions is a surname, also spelled O'Nions. Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Onions (1858–1921), Welsh politician and trade unionist; Charles Talbut Onions (1873–1965), English grammarian and lexicographer; George Onions (1883–1944), English recipient of the Victoria Cross; Graham Onions (born 1982), English cricketer