Allium ascalonicum

botanical variety of the onion species Allium cepa
Taxon taxon Q193498
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Summary

Allium ascalonicum is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.43% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,809 views/month, #848 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Allium[4]
  • Taxon name: Allium ascalonicum[5]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[6]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[7], food[8], spice[9]
  • Commons category: Allium ascalonicum[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Allium ascalonicum[11]
  • Commons gallery: Allium cepa Aggregatum Group[12]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Otto's encyclopedia[14], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 14[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[17]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=2221[18]
  • This taxon is source of: shallot[19]
  • Short name: A. ascalonicum[20]
  • Taxon common name: wild onion[21], 分蔥[22], 西亚火葱[23], 香葱[24], 细香葱[25], 火葱[26], 火葱(细香葱)[27], šalotka[28]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Food and drink[30], WikiProject Plants[31], WikiProject Invasion Biology[32]
  • Taxon author citation: L.[33]

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Identifiers

Allium ascalonicum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 739210[34]. Allium ascalonicum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1476995[35]. Allium ascalonicum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1084258[36]. Allium ascalonicum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2856558[37]. Allium ascalonicum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 506481[38].

Why It Matters

Allium ascalonicum has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 96 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  36. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · LeoGe25 · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sernec taxon id → 71384
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Sernec taxon id: 71384, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/319958572|Allium ascalonicum (#319958572)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8373|SERNEC taxon]]"
  2. 7w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C3551
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tt */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/50180|batch #50180]]"
  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Otto's encyclopedia, Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 14 +2
    Has use → medicinal plant, food, spice
    Topic's main category → Category:Allium ascalonicum
    Taxon range → Fujian
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q293172, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
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