Taxonomy fact sheet: Allium cepa var. Tropea  L. Accepted name

Nomenclature

Taxonomy

Kingdom Plantae Browse at kingdom-level
Order Asparagales Link. Browse at order-level
Family Amaryllidaceae J. St.-Hil. Browse at family-level
Genus Allium L. Browse at genus-level
Section Spermatopyta Browse at section-level
Species Allium cepa L. Browse at species-level
Subspecies
Variety Tropea
Form
Cultivar
Strain

Binomial synonyms

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Common names

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Genealogy

Genetics

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Ploidy level No ploidy level information stored.
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Subspecies

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Distribution

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Macromorphology

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Chemicals


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References

  1. W. Breu, "Allium cepa L. (Onion) Part 1: Chemistry and analysis.," Phytomedicine , vol. 3 , no. 3 , pp. 293–306 , DOI: 10.1016/S0944-7113(96)80069-9 .
  2. A. Kurtto, R. Lampinen, M. Piirainen, and P. Uotila, Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. Helsinki.. Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS, 2019
  3. I. Tedesco, V. Carbone, C. Spagnuolo, P. Minasi, and G. Russo, "Identification and quantification of flavonoids from two southern Italian cultivars of Allium cepa L., Tropea (red onion) and Montoro (copper onion), and their capacity to protect human erythrocytes from oxidative stress.," Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry , vol. 63 , pp. 5229–5238 , DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b01206 .