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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Allium''
| image = Alliumvineale1web.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Crow Garlic (''Allium vineale'') flowerhead, showing sprouting bulbils
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Alliaceae]]
| subfamilia = Allioideae
| tribus = Allieae
| genus = '''''Allium'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
Some important species: 
''[[Allium acuminatum]]'' - tapertip onion 
''[[Allium ampeloprasum]]'' 
:''A. a.'' var. ''ampeloprasum'' - [[elephant garlic]] 
:''A. a.'' var. ''kurrat'' - [[kurrat]] 
:''A. a.'' var. ''porrum'' - [[leek (vegetable)|leek]] 
''[[Allium anceps]]'' - twinleaf onion 
''[[Allium angulosum]]'' - mouse garlic 
''[[Allium atrorubens]]'' - dark red onion 
''[[Allium campanulatum]]'' - dusky onion 
''[[Allium canadense]]'' - Canadian garlic 
''[[Allium cepa]]'' - garden onion 
''[[Welsh onion|Allium fistulosum]]'' - Welsh onion 
''[[Allium neapolitanum]]'' - white garlic 
''[[Allium nevii]]'' - Nevius' garlic 
''[[Allium nigrum]]'' - black garlic 
''[[Allium oleraceum]]'' - field garlic 
''[[Shallot|Allium oschaninii]]'' - shallot 
''[[Allium ramosum]]'' - wild Chinese chives 
''[[Allium sativum]]'' - cultivated garlic 
''[[Allium schoenoprasum]]'' - chives 
''[[Allium scorodoprasum]]'' - Sand leek
''[[Allium triquetrum]]'' - three-cornered leek, triquetous garlic 
''[[Garlic chives|Allium tuberosum]]'' - Chinese chives 
''[[Allium ursinum]]'' - wild garlic, ramsons 
''[[Allium vineale]]'' - crow garlic 
'''See [[List of Allium species|full list]].''' 
}}

'''''Allium''''' is the [[onion]] [[genus]], with about 1250 [[species]], making it one of the largest plant genera in the world. They are [[perennial plant|perennial]] bulbous plants that produce chemical compounds that give them a characteristic onion or garlic taste and odor, and many are used as food plants. ''Allium'' is classified in family [[Alliaceae]] although some classifications have included it in the [[lily]] family ([[Liliaceae]]).

''Allium'' species occur in [[temperate climate]]s of the [[northern hemisphere]], except for a few species occurring in Chile (as ''Allium juncifolium''), Brazil (''Allium sellovianum'') or tropical Africa (''Allium spathaceum''). They can vary in height between 5 cm and 150 cm. The [[flower]]s form an [[umbel]] at the top of a leafless stalk. The [[bulb]]s vary in size between species, from very small (around 2–3 mm in diameter) to rather big (8–10 cm). Some species (such as Welsh onion, ''A. fistulosum'') develop thickened leaf-bases rather than forming bulbs as such.

Most bulbous alliums increase by forming little bulbs or "offsets" around the old one, as well as by [[seed]]. Several species can form many [[Bulb#Bulbil|bulbils]] (tiny bulbs) in the flowerhead; in the so-called "[[tree onion]]" (''A. cepa'' Proliferum Group) the bulbils are few, but large enough to be used for [[pickling]].

Members of the genus include many valued [[vegetable]]s such as [[onion]]s, [[shallots]], [[Leek (vegetable)|leeks]] and [[herb]]s such as [[garlic]] and [[chives]]. A strong "oniony" odor is characteristic of the whole genus, but not all members are equally flavorful.

[[Image:Allium giganteum1.jpg|left|150px|thumb|''A. giganteum'']]

Some ''Allium'' species, including ''A. cristophii'' and ''A. giganteum'', are used as [[herbaceous border|border]] plants for their flowers, and their "architectural" qualities. Several [[hybrid]]s have been bred, or selected, with rich purple flowers. ''Allium hollandicum'' 'Purple Sensation' is one of the most popular and has been given an [[Award of Garden Merit]] (H4). By contrast, other species (such as the invasive ''Allium triquetrum'') can become troublesome garden [[weed]]s.

Various ''Allium'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] inclu
ding [[Cabbage Moth]], [[Common Swift (moth)|Common Swift]] moth (recorded on garlic), [[Garden Dart]] moth, [[Large Yellow Underwing]] moth, [[Nutmeg (moth)|Nutmeg]] moth, [[Setaceous Hebrew Character]] moth, [[Turnip Moth]] and ''[[Schinia|Schinia rosea]]'', a moth which feeds exclusively on ''Allium spp''.

<gallery>
Image:Nodding.jpg|Nodding Wild Onion (''Allium cernuum'')
Image:Leeks.JPG|Leeks (''Allium ampeloprasum'' var. ''porrum'')
</gallery>

== External links ==
{{commonscat|Allium}}

[[Category:Asparagales]]

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 Allium (ancient Latin name of garlic). Liliaceae. Bulbous plants, mostly cultivated in the open, but a few of them grown under glass as florist's flowers; and comprising also the onions and their allies.
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 Cusickii. 23.	Porrum, 6.	validum, 17.
 Ellisii, 13.	reticulatum, 19.	victorialis, 8.
 falcifolium, 32.	roseum, 11.
 }}
-{{Taxobox
-| color = lightgreen
+==Cultivation==
-| name = ''Allium''
+{{edit-cult}}<!--- Type cultivation info below this line, then delete this entire line -->
-| image = Alliumvineale1web.jpg
-| image_width = 250px
+===Propagation===
-| image_caption = Crow Garlic (''Allium vineale'') flowerhead, showing sprouting bulbils
+{{edit-prop}}<!--- Type propagation info below this line, then delete this entire line -->
-| regnum = [[Plantae]]
-| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
+===Pests and diseases===
-| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
+{{edit-pests}}<!--- Type pest/disease info below this line, then delete this entire line -->
-| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
-| familia = [[Alliaceae]]
+==Species==
-| subfamilia = Allioideae
+Some important species{{SCH}}:<br>
 ''[[Allium acuminatum]]'' - tapertip onion<br>
 ''[[Allium ampeloprasum]]''<br>
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 ''[[Allium ursinum]]'' - wild garlic, ramsons<br>
 ''[[Allium vineale]]'' - crow garlic<br>
-'''See [[List of Allium species|full list]].'''<br>
+'''See [[List of Allium species|full list]].'''
-Various ''Allium'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] inclu
+==Gallery==
-ding [[Cabbage Moth]], [[Common Swift (moth)|Common Swift]] moth (recorded on garlic), [[Garden Dart]] moth, [[Large Yellow Underwing]] moth, [[Nutmeg (moth)|Nutmeg]] moth, [[Setaceous Hebrew Character]] moth, [[Turnip Moth]] and ''[[Schinia|Schinia rosea]]'', a moth which feeds exclusively on ''Allium spp''.
+{{photo-sources}}<!-- remove this line if there are already 3 or more photos in the gallery  -->
 <gallery>
 Image:Nodding.jpg|Nodding Wild Onion (''Allium cernuum'')
 Image:Leeks.JPG|Leeks (''Allium ampeloprasum'' var. ''porrum'')
 </gallery>
-== External links ==
+==References==
-{{commonscat|Allium}}
+*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
-[[Category:Asparagales]]
+<!--  in order to add all the proper categories, go to http://www.plants.am/wiki/Plant_Categories and copy/paste the contents of the page here, and then follow the easy instructions!    -->

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:40, 12 August 2009
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		+	{{Inc\|
		+	Allium (ancient Latin name of garlic). Liliaceae. Bulbous plants, mostly cultivated in the open, but a few of them grown under glass as florist's flowers; and comprising also the onions and their allies.
		+
		+	Leaves flat, channelled, or terete and hollow: fls. in a simple umbel, from a 1-2-lvd. usually scarious spathe; stamens and perianth segms. 6, the perianth parts distinct or nearly so, 1-nerved, and often becoming dry and persistent: style slender, the stigma either entire or parted.—Strong-scented plants, with fls. white, yellow, or in shades of purple and rose. There are 250-300 species in temperate parts of the northern hemisphere. Numbers of species, particularly the Asian, are frequently seen in botanic gardens and choice collections, but only A. Moly and A. neapolitanum are common in this country among the ornamental species, and no attempt is made to describe all the species here that are mentioned in garden literature. For the vegetable garden members of the genus, see Chives, Garlic, Leek, Onion,Shallot. In parts of the northeastern states Allium vineale is a bad weed; it has a slender scape sheathed below with hollow thread-shaped lvs., and greenish rose-colored fls. (or bulblets in the place of fls.).
		+
		+	No special treatment is required by the alliums. Most of the cult. forms are hardy spring bloomers, and may be treated the same as other hardy border bulbs. Propagation is by offsets and by the bulblets in the umbel; also readily by seeds.
		+
		+	A. Forgetii, Hort. Corolla pale yellow, spurred on the back. Peru.
		+
		+	Index.
		+
		+	acuminatum, 10. fimbriatum, 31. Sanbornii, 27.
		+	albopilosum, 14. fiatulosum, 3. sativum, 5.
		+	anceps, 33. Geyeri, 20. scaposum, 21.
		+	ascalonicum, 4. Hermettii, 9. Schoenoprasum, 1.
		+	attenuifolium, 28. haematochiton, 18.saenescens. 12.
		+	Bidwellae, 30. madidum, 22. serratum, 29.
		+	Bolanderi, 24. Moly, 7. sibiricum, 1.
		+	bulbellifera, 2. multiplicans. 2. stellatum, 26.
		+	Cepa, 2. neapolitunum, 9. tricoccum, 15.
		+	cernuum, 16. platycaule, 34. unifolium, 25.
		+	Cusickii. 23. Porrum, 6. validum, 17.
		+	Ellisii, 13. reticulatum, 19. victorialis, 8.
		+	falcifolium, 32. roseum, 11.
		+	}}
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