Allium sativum
A species in the Amaryllidaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Allium
- Species
- Allium sativum
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Allium sativum. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
25 synonyms in this snapshot
- Allium arenariumName author: Sadler ex Rchb.
- Allium controversumName author: Schrad. ex Willd.
- Allium longicuspisName author: Regel
- Allium ophioscorodonName author: Link
- Allium pekinenseName author: Prokh.
- Allium sativum f. asiae-mediaeName author: Kazakova
- Allium sativum f. pekinenseName author: (Prokh.) Makino
- Allium sativum f. sagittatumName author: Kazakova
- Allium sativum f. vulgareName author: Kazakova
- Allium sativum subsp. asiaemediaeName author: Kazakova
- Allium sativum subsp. controversumName author: (Schrad. ex Willd.) K.Richt.
- Allium sativum subsp. ophioscorodonName author: (Link) Schübl. & G.Martens
- Allium sativum subsp. subrotundumName author: (Gren. & Godr.) K.Richt.
- Allium sativum var. controversumName author: (Schrad. ex Willd.) Nyman
- Allium sativum var. ophioscorodonName author: (Link) Döll
- Allium sativum var. pekinenseName author: (Prokh.) F.Maek.
- Allium sativum var. sagittatumName author: Kazakova
- Allium sativum var. sativumName author: Not supplied
- Allium sativum var. subrotundumName author: Gren. & Godr.
- Allium sativum var. vulgareName author: Kazakova
- Allium scorodoprasum subsp. viviparumName author: (Regel) K.Richt.
- Allium scorodoprasum var. multibulbillosumName author: Y.N.Lee
- Allium scorodoprasum var. viviparumName author: Regel
- Porrum ophioscorodonName author: (Link) Rchb.
- Porrum sativumName author: (L.) Rchb.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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