Taxon: Allium sativum L. var. ophioscorodon (Link) Döll

Genus:

Allium

Subgenus:

Allium

Section:

Allium

Family:

Amaryllidaceae

Subfamily:

Allioideae

Tribe:

Allieae

Nomen number:

101499

Place of publication:

Rhein. Fl. 197. 1843

Link to protologue:

Comment:

[or A. sativum Ophioscorodon Group]

Typification:

Name Verified on:

12-ene-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 22-feb-2017

Species priority site is:

Western Regional PI Station (W6)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Other conspecific taxa:

Synonyms:

Basionym: Allium ophioscorodon Link

Common names:

ophio garlic (Source: Cornucopia) - English
rocambole (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
serpent garlic (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
Spanish garlic (Source: Cornucopia) - English
ail rocambole (Source: HerbSpices) - French
echte Rokkenbolle (Source: Zander ed14) - German
Rockenbolle (Source: Zander ed17) - German
Schlangenknoblauch (Source: Zander ed14) - German
aglio d'India (Source: HerbSpices) - Italian

Economic Importance:

Food additives: flavoring (fide Crop Prod Sci Hort 3:10. 1994, as A. sativum)

Distributional Range:

Cultivated

Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia

Europe

Europe

Northern America

North America

Southern America

South America

References:

Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:10.
Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987 (HerbSpices)
Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993 (Zander ed14)
Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002 (Zander ed17)
Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 (Cornucopia)
Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 (Mansf Ency)
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 (Food Feed Crops US)

Check other web resources for Allium sativum L. var. ophioscorodon (Link) Döll :

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=101499. Accessed 12 marzo 2026.